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In May 2019, the largest mining towns in Ukraine came together to form the Platform for Sustainable Development of Coal Towns of Donetsk Region. They are currently developing their joint transformation strategy for a just transition. Meanwhile, in May 2020, the national government established the Coordination Center for Transformation of Coal Regions to guide the re-development of mining towns. 
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Last year was the hottest on record in the Ukrainian capital, according to data released in January 2021 by Ukraine’s Central Observatory. Overall, 36 different temperature records were broken in Kyiv during 2020, including 12 in March alone.
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Ukraine and energy issues are often too narrowly associated with geopolitics and gas infrastructure in debates in the United States and Western Europe. Often very little is known about climate…
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The second round of trainings in the framework of the project “Empowering local authorities and civil society to deliver solutions with participative democracy”, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) programme, took place during the last week of November 2019.
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Starting 1 January 2020, Ukraine launches a new state support mechanism for renewables. Power generating facilities seeking state support must take part in e-auctions and compete for the right to sell power to Ukraine at the lowest possible price.
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HBO’s retelling of the Chernobyl disaster had viewers around the world riveted this year, its sobering portrayal of the events consciously chiming with the ecological peril humanity faces in 2019. We sat down with Rebecca Harms, the longstanding Green MEP and a powerful voice in support of democratic engagement with the former Soviet Union, to get her take on the series and the wider nuclear debate today, as well as to reflect on Europe’s relations in the region and climate activism’s new-found momentum.
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As Ukraine promises to strengthen its climate action plan, moves by cities to go green are showing the way, experts say
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The Secretariat of a new initiative to help coal regions in the Western Balkans and Ukraine transition away from coal towards a carbon-neutral economy has been launched by the European Commission. Mirroring the successful EU Initiative for coal regions in transition, the newly established secretariat will deliver support to coal regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo[1], Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine. 17 regions with significant coal mining activities and coal-based energy production will be the key beneficiaries. The initiative’s secretariat will provide direct support for its implementation and ensure collaboration across the diversity of institutions and actors that the initiative will engage.
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Ukraine will increase the energy efficiency of some 1 000 public buildings and reduce energy consumption with a €300 million loan from the EIB. The loan will save 1 250 000 tonnes of CO2 and benefit 2.5 million people. Substantial grant contributions from the E5P and the EU are expected to complement the loan. The EU bank’s investment will improve the medium and long-term resilience to COVID-19 of the country’s public buildings, especially hospitals.
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Ukraine’s long-term climate plan could significantly cut reliance on energy imports, its energy ministry suggested last week. But a 2050 phase-out date for coal power has provoked disappointment.
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The European Union's partnership with six countries on its eastern border, including Ukraine, should receive significantly more money in the next decade, the European Committee of the Regions said on 5 December in a set of recommendations that also called for the EU to work harder to extend the benefits of cooperation beyond national capitals. Among the many other specific proposals are a call for the creation of an academy to train civil servants in local and regional government and more support for local cross-border projects.
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Small cross-border projects and administrative training could have significant impact at low cost, local and regional politicians argue.
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In a world where fossil fuels have been critical for everyday life, from industrial production to heating homes, energy suppliers wield undue power over countries that depend on them. Krzysztof Ksiezopolski investigates the looming energy policy dilemmas for Poland and Ukraine faced with an increasingly aggressive Russia, and shows how resilience offered by renewable systems is not only ecological but also a matter of economic and political independence.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the European Local Democracy Week, the city of Kyiv, a twelve star participant of the ELDW, organised a broad range of activities both in the city itself and in the surrounding districts. Over 34 citywide and 137 district-wide activities took place in nearly 350 locations, promoting local democracy and tools that can enhance political participation within communities.
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