Climate Change and Energy Policy

How layered coloniality shapes energy and climate injustice in the RUTA region — and why the answer starts with communities

Summary of the 4th EU-Ukrainian Virtual Roundtable on Energy Transition organized by Heinrich Boell Foundation with its regional office in Ukraine and devoted to updated climate goals of Ukraine.

Ukrainian municipalities in coal regions, which are still dependent on mining, are becoming increasingly aware of the sector’s terminal decline and are scouting for sustainable alternatives for the future. NGOs and active municipalities in the Lviv-Volyn coal basin in the west and Ukrainian-controlled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east, are joining up forces to create post-industrial green options. Oleh Savytskyi has the details.

Outline of the presentation of the study "Climate (In)Justice: The Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerable Social Groups in Ukrainian Cities."

Most scientists around the world recognize the existence of climate change on the planet and the fact that climate change is caused by human activity.

The organizers of the national forum Cities’ Climate Ambitions have held a press conference in Kyiv dedicated to cities’ adaptation to new climate conditions.

This year, it was the eighth time that the forum Energy of Change was held in Ukraine. The event took place on November 15–17 in Vinnytsia and gathered 103 climate activists.

On February 21, the Coalition of NGOs for 100% RES in Ukraine presented its website. The coalition aims at accelerating a fair transition of Ukraine to 100% renewable energy sources.