The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme, has presented a draft law aimed at establishing the fundamental principles of the country’s “green reconstruction.” The document is designed to implement clear standards and criteria for the execution of new recovery projects.
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Defining Clear Criteria for Sustainable Reconstruction
The head of the ministry, Svitlana Hrynchuk, emphasized that the issue of “better reconstruction” has been actively discussed at annual Recovery Conferences since 2022; however, until now, there have been no unified criteria that would allow for an objective assessment of projects’ compliance with sustainable development requirements.
“For four years, we have been talking about how recovery should be better, using new technologies, but there have been no clear criteria for what exactly falls under the concept of ‘better,’ and there still aren’t any,” she noted.
Unification of Terms and Implementation of European Standards
The minister also stressed that Ukraine has chosen the path of Eurointegration, and therefore the country’s recovery process must adhere to the principles of balance and environmental sustainability. To this end, the draft law proposes to unify terminology to avoid discrepancies among state institutions.
Additionally, Svitlana Hrynchuk announced the beginning of the implementation of European green taxonomy in Ukraine. This will allow for the establishment of transparent criteria for selecting projects and investments, which must now meet defined environmental requirements for implementation within the country.