| On 26 October 2016, the USAID Municipal Energy Reform Project in Ukraine (USAID Project) and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources conducted the II Conference “Low Emission Development of Ukraine”. Over 120 representatives of State executive government bodies, city councils, private businesses, international donor organizations, professional associations and academicians discussed the key aspects of the future Low Emission Development Strategy of Ukraine. The strategy’s development is a mandatory requirement of the Paris Agreement, which Ukraine has been a Party to since 19 September 2016. The conference participants reviewed and approved the catalogue of low emission development policies and measures that were developed by the technical task forces on energy supply, energy consumption in the HCS sector, transport, agriculture, forestry and waste management. Approaches to the grouping of policies and functional measures were also discussed. At the end of the event, the participants approved further steps for developing the Low Emission Development Strategy of Ukraine, including the process of its approval by the stakeholders, involvement of the public, and the holding of technical task force meetings in December 2016. |
