Ukraine presented post-war recovery concepts at the climate conference in Baku

Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

For the third time, Ukraine is presenting its pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference (CO29). The focus of attention this year is on key environmental initiatives of the state, business and the public.

The conference began on Monday, November 11 and will continue until November 22, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine reported.

«Today COP29 opens in Baku — the main UN climate summit of the year. Despite the full-scale war, Ukraine is presenting its pavilion for the third time. This year, it is dedicated to the theme of joint efforts that grow into big changes,» the message reads.

According to the Ministry of Environment, the main material of the pavilion was Ukrainian ecological paper with live seeds of various herbs. On it, the artist Oleksandra Zhumailova created an image with an area of more than 120 square meters, placing 50 key environmental initiatives of the state, business and public of Ukraine.

Among them are technologies of digitized agriculture, developments in the field of renewable energy and demining, startups that create paper from fallen leaves, carbon dioxide traps, an ecological alternative to foam plastic, mobile printer factories and other Ukrainian innovations that are already being used in the USA, Great Britain and of Japan

Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

An important emphasis is placed on President Zelenskyy's Peace Formula as a platform for the formation of international principles of environmental security, on the main principle of recovery — build back greener, as well as on the need to compensate for the damage caused to the environment due to Russian aggression.

It should be noted that this year's summit is being called the «financial COP» because for the first time in 15 years, the amount and structure of financing for developing countries to support measures to combat climate change will be considered.

As a reminder, in a large material with data visualization from the New York Times, you can check what awaits each individual country in 20 years. According to forecasts, the biggest risks for Ukraine in 2040 are related to water: droughts, floods and sea level rise.