Russia's military aggression “kills” green energy in Ukraine and “decarbonises” its economy due to GDP decline
Six months ago, at the Paris Climate Summit in Glasgow, Ukraine committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Ukraine’s NDC2) by 65% by 2030. This year our country is already fulfilling this ambitious goal at an accelerated pace. However, there is no reason for joy.
After all, instead of developing renewable energy sources, our economy undergoes “decarbonisation” following the decline in electricity consumption as a result of shutdown of companies. Volodymyr Omelchenko, director of the Razumkov Centre’s Energy Programmes spoke with EcoPolitics about the impact of the war on plans to decarbonise the economy and green energy in general.
