At the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ukraine presented a symbolic installation and voiced its demand for accuracy in Russian reports on the occupied territories. The delegation also confirmed Ukraine's climate commitments, which the state plans to fulfill even despite the war.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture, COP30 is a platform where Ukraine can convey to the whole world the scale of the environmental impact of Russian aggression.
Note on Russia
The enemy continues its attempts to legitimize the temporary occupation of Ukrainian lands at the international level. Therefore, even Russian reports may illegally contain information about these territories.
In 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled "Territorial integrity of Ukraine: upholding the principles of the UN Charter." Ukraine has therefore officially called on the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Climate Change to accompany all RF documents with the text of this resolution.
Ukraine's climate commitments
On the eve of COP30, Ukraine updated its Nationally Determined Contribution. The country plans to reduce carbon emissions by more than 65% compared to 1990 levels by 2035. The Ukrainian delegation presented this NDC2 at the conference.
"We are showing the world how a country that is forced to fight a war is simultaneously implementing European environmental policy standards, developing renewable energy, digital agriculture, and innovative solutions for environmental restoration," said Oleksiy Sobolev, Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine.
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The impact of war on the environment
This year, Ukraine's national pavilion is called "Time Capsule." It combines environmental narratives that are important to the entire conscious world with the Ukrainian context. Therefore, alongside themes of green recovery and food security, the exhibition features symbols of the devastating impact of war on Ukraine's nature — fields damaged by shelling, the Serebryansky Forest destroyed by fighting, and a nest woven by Ukrainian birds from fiber optics instead of branches.
The Winds of Freedom project also became part of the Ukrainian "Time Capsule." Through this digital product, visitors can learn more about Ukrainian forests and wind energy.
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EcoPolitic previously reported on the results of the second day of the climate conference.
