Its goal is to showcase Ukraine's resilience and fight. The fight against the enemy. The fight is to tackle the climate crisis. Ruslan Strilets stated this in a video address to the visitors of the pavilion.
"This year, we are talking about the catastrophic consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam explosion. We are talking about our fight against environmental challenges due to the war. As if despite everything. Right now. We are working on green reconstruction. I hope that next year at the COP we will only talk about climate achievements and the green recovery of the country. We invite the world to come to its senses and support the President's Peace Formula and its 10 universal rules for the entire planet. I thank the entire team and partners that Ukraine has its national pavilion at the conference for the second time. I strongly believe that it will become a powerful platform for quality communication with all countries of the world to engage them in our initiatives," Ruslan Strilets addressed the COP28 participants.
According to Deputy Minister Viktoria Kireeva, the COP is the largest climate conference, first of all, and it is not only where climate issues are resolved, but also where political positions of countries are defended. It is crucial for Ukraine to demonstrate that we are an active player on the climate agenda and to engage countries in partnership and support for our sovereignty and national interests.
Leonard de Klerk, an expert on war-related emissions, announced the presentation of the third report on the impact of the russian war on the climate on the sidelines of the conference. He noted that russia continues to destroy the Ukrainian environment. Forests and natural ecosystems are suffering from fires and hostilities. As a result, greenhouse gas emissions are only increasing. That is why the world must do everything to make russia accountable for these emissions and compensate Ukraine.
Svitlana Sushko, Head of the Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, stressed that behind every statistical figure in the news are the lives of people: "We brought our home to the COP to tell the story of our lives. We are grateful to all our partners and donors for helping to organise the work of the Ukrainian Pavilion."
The opening ceremony was also attended by Oleksii Riabchyn, Ukraine's climate and energy professional being negotiator in this sector since 2015, and Vasylina Belio, Head of Climate Department at the Ecodiya Centre for Environmental Initiatives.
Ukraine's pavilion at COP28 was developed by the teams of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine with the support and assistance of the European Union, the German Federal Government, IKI, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, the UN Global Compact, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Recovery Programme and Ukraine Reform Architecture), and DTEK Group, the major private investor in Ukraine's energy sector. The concept of the pavilion was developed by Gres Todorchuk in collaboration with FORMA architectural office and how.production, a Ukrainian production agency.
The Ukrainian pavilion at COP28 will be open in Dubai until 12 December.
As reported earlier, on Saturday, December 2, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputova expressed her support for Ukraine and visited the national pavilion at the COP28 climate conference.
Source: kmu.gov.ua