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Ukraine's Environmental Declaration Gains International Support at COP28

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Ukrainian Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets met with foreign counterparts at COP28 to discuss the Environmental Declaration project, a collaborative effort to protect the environment from hostilities. Strilets expressed hopes that as many countries as possible would join the Declaration, citing the need for international cooperation to assess environmental damage and bring perpetrators to justice. The project has already garnered interest from nations such as Moldova, Bulgaria, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Environmental Declaration project aims to rally international support for protecting the environment from hostilities, with a focus on assessing damage and bringing perpetrators to justice.
  • The project has already gained interest from nations such as Moldova, Bulgaria, Sweden, and the Czech Republic, with many expressing tentative willingness to join the work.
  • Ukrainian Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets emphasized the need for international cooperation to address environmental damage caused by the ongoing war.
  • The Environmental Declaration was presented for the first time in Kyiv during the United for Justice, United for Nature forum and is a continuation of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Peace Formula.
  • The project is part of the action plan for implementation of Point 8 of Zelensky's Peace Formula to stop ecocide and collect reparations from the aggressor state for the affected environment.
  • The Ukrainian pavilion at COP28, designed with support from the European Union and other international partners, will function until December 12.

Statistics:

  • 7 nations (Moldova, Bulgaria, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Italy, New Zealand) have expressed tentative willingness to join the Environmental Declaration project.
  • The Environmental Declaration is a continuation of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Peace Formula, announced at the previous COP27.
  • The pavilion was designed with support and assistance from 7 international partners (European Union, Federal Government of Germany, IKI, GIZ, UNDP, UN Global Compact, and EBRD).

Sources:

  • Ukrinform
  • United for Justice, United for Nature forum

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