Government prepares proposals for Ukraine's participation in the European Green Deal

The issue was discussed at a meeting of a working group chaired by Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna on August 10.

Proposals were prepared with the involvement of the ministries’ representatives, businesspersons, civil society members, and experts, the Government's website reports.

"We plan to consolidate our areas of cooperation at the Ukraine-EU Summit in October within the framework of the Green Deal implementation. We expect that this will also help strengthen cooperation with the EU within the existing programs and start working with new "green" and climate financial mechanisms for Ukraine," Stefanishyna said.

The following areas are considered Ukraine’s priorities under the European Green Deal: improving energy efficiency of the economy, fair transformation of the coal sector, development of renewable and hydrogen energy, development of national greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system, sustainable agriculture, digitalization of the economy, environmental improvement of transport, scientific cooperation etc.

Vice Prime Minister noted that Ukraine should be involved in the implementation of the European Green Deal through the updating of its annexes within the Association Agreement and approaching with EU policies in the fields of environment, energy, industrial issues and trade. The new regulations should not create obstacles to the integration of Ukrainian producers into the EU's industrial production chains, while trade should develop in accordance with the joint commitments under the Association Agreement and the World Trade Organization regulations.

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