The Verkhovna Rada has voted in favor of draft law No. 11310 "On the Basic Principles of State Climate Policy" in the first reading.
This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak on Telegram.
This draft law is an element of one of the 6 important reforms contained in Section 15 "Green Transition and Environmental Protection" of the Ukraine Facility Plan.
The document defines the legal and organizational framework of the state climate policy aimed at ensuring Ukraine's low-carbon development, achieving climate neutrality, adapting to climate change, and fulfilling Ukraine's international obligations in this area.
Draft Law No. 11310 approximates national climate legislation to European Union law, in particular Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing a framework for achieving climate neutrality and Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the governance of the Energy Union and the mitigation of climate change.
It defines:
- basic principles of state climate policy;
- peculiarities of formation and achievement of state climate policy goals;
- principles of ensuring climate planning at the national, regional and local levels;
- features of reporting in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and data collection for these purposes;
- the main principles of the national system for tracking the implementation of policies, measures and forecasting in the field of climate change.
In February, EcoPolitic reported that the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources made public draft law "On the main principles of state climate policy" and announced the start of its discussion.
Later we wrote about what, according to analysts, this one the document defines only long-term goals, which may undermine the legal obligation to achieve medium-term goals.
On June 26, the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Nature Management recommended parliament to adopt as a basis in the first reading the draft Law No. 11310 "On the Basic Principles of State Climate Policy".
