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Destruction of steppe to create forest: environmentalists concerned about afforestation in Chernihiv region
Destruction of steppe to create forest: environmentalists concerned about afforestation in Chernihiv region

A 5-hectare steppe area is being artificially converted into a forest, threatening the biome and rare plants.

Heatwave kills: every minute, one person dies on the planet due to climate change
Heatwave kills: every minute, one person dies on the planet due to climate change

Compared to the 1990s, 23% more people are now dying from heat. This is according to a team of researchers writing in The Lancet.

Hurricane Melissa rages in the Caribbean: scientists attribute its strength to climate change
Hurricane Melissa rages in the Caribbean: scientists attribute its strength to climate change

The hurricane gained extraordinary strength "thanks" to climate change and ocean heating

Green transition in Ukraine is impossible without targeted use of eco-tax, – experts
Green transition in Ukraine is impossible without targeted use of eco-tax, – experts

The current domestic carbon taxation system does not stimulate the decarbonization of industry in any way, but only "leaches" financial resources from enterprises

Seven more windmills are planned to be built in the Runa valley: the last untouched area is under threat
Seven more windmills are planned to be built in the Runa valley: the last untouched area is under threat

A company from the Wind Farms Group has already started the EIA procedure

Water crisis threatens to reduce GDP for European countries – Euronews
Water crisis threatens to reduce GDP for European countries – Euronews

For high-income countries, the figure is 8%, while lower-income countries risk losing 10-15% of GDP by 2050

Creation of dipshots and other AI videos can harm the environment – Oxford scientist
Creation of dipshots and other AI videos can harm the environment – Oxford scientist

Data centers where video is generated consume energy and water on an industrial scale

Ukraine received ten mobile ecolabs from UNDP to record environmental damage
Ukraine received ten mobile ecolabs from UNDP to record environmental damage

Special vehicles are equipped with modern equipment for rapid analysis, collection and transportation of samples

Norwegian company plans to build two wind farms in Rivne region
Norwegian company plans to build two wind farms in Rivne region

The expected capacity will be 7 MW of electricity from each turbine

Misappropriation of water fund lands worth more than UAH 50 million: three people will be tried in Kyiv region
Misappropriation of water fund lands worth more than UAH 50 million: three people will be tried in Kyiv region

The defendants resold more than 7 hectares of water fund land using fake documents

Anything but ecology: what carbon-tax funds are used for on the ground
Anything but ecology: what carbon-tax funds are used for on the ground

In communities, the resource of environmental tax is often used at their own discretion for "conditionally" environmental measures

Ukrainian green investment plan worth over $31 billion presented in Stockholm
Ukrainian green investment plan worth over $31 billion presented in Stockholm

The presented investment projects within the NECP-2030 cover, in particular, the sectors of renewable energy, industrial decarbonization and energy efficiency