Ukraine Moves Forward with Climate Neutrality and Food Security

Strategic Insights -

Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture, Taras Vysotsky, led a meeting with representatives of relevant associations to discuss the Draft Second National Defined Contribution to the Paris Agreement. This national goal aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% in 2030 compared to 1990. The proposed document outlines environmentally and economically feasible transformations in various sectors, including energy, industry, transportation, construction, agriculture, and forestry, and waste management.

Key Takeaways:

  • Ukraine's second national contribution to the Paris Agreement seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% in 2030 compared to 1990.
  • The draft document outlines a national reduction strategy for various sectors, including energy, industry, transportation, construction, agriculture, and forestry, and waste management.
  • The proposal includes increasing the use of minimal or zero-tillage technologies in agriculture, transitioning to slow-release fertilizers, and increasing the share of organic land to 3% by 2030.
  • The draft resolution on licensing and quotas for 2021 was also discussed, with associations supporting a zero quota for the export of sunflower seeds for the 2021 marketing year.
  • A Memorandum of Understanding on export limits of sunflower oil was signed between the Ministry of Economy and the association "Ukroliyaprom," setting a limit of 5,380 thousand tons for the 2020/2021 marketing year.

Statistics:

  • Ukraine aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65% in 2030 compared to 1990.
  • The proposed document outlines a national reduction strategy for various sectors, including:

+ Energy: [No specific data mentioned]

+ Industry: [No specific data mentioned]

+ Transportation: [No specific data mentioned]

+ Construction: [No specific data mentioned]

+ Agriculture: {

- Increasing use of minimal or zero-tillage technologies

- Transitioning to slow-release fertilizers

- Increasing the share of organic land to 3% by 2030

}

+ Forestry and waste management: [No specific data mentioned]

  • The draft resolution on licensing and quotas for 2021 includes:

+ Zero quota for the export of sunflower seeds for the 2021 marketing year

+ Limit of 5,380 thousand tons for sunflower oil exports in the 2020/2021 marketing year

Sources:

  • "Ukraine's second national contribution to the Paris Agreement" ( exact wording as mentioned in the original text)
  • Statement of Taras Vysotsky, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture (exact wording as mentioned in the original text)
  • Memorandum of Understanding on export limits of sunflower oil between the Ministry of Economy and the association "Ukroliyaprom" (exact wording as mentioned in the original text)