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The European Union stands ready to assist Ukraine in investigating Russia's environmental crimes since their magnitude is enormous, yet the legal context of these crimes is not well defined. Source: DW, citing Nils Behrndt, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Justice Details: The official noted that "the scale of the suspected environmental crimes committed in Ukraine is enormous".

Ravaged forests, flooded towns and dead dolphins: after nearly two years of war in Ukraine, experts say environmental damage is becoming an "enormous" tragedy that will affect generations to come.

The invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago has been particularly devastating for nature

Ravaged forests, flooded towns and dead dolphins: after nearly two years of war in Ukraine, experts say environmental damage is becoming an "enormous"

Sweden will help Ukraine achieve climate neutrality through a green transition and recovery plan.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is launching a project to develop a roadmap for Ukraine to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, said Bernardas Padegimas, head of the institute's environmental policy and strategy team.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine is preparing to present at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-28) in the United Arab Emirates, due in late November, the initiatives of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula for the prevention of ecocide and compensation for the environmental damage caused by the aggressor, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Minister of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets has said.

Experts from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for the first time, based on the principle of Kakhovka HPP, calculated the losses of ecosystem services in Ukraine (all useful resources and benefits that a person can receive from nature), which, if their report is submitted, will help use the proposed principles and formula in perspective.

Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets considers it necessary to adopt a law on the national emissions trading system (ETS) as early as next year in order to introduce it in 2025 and thus avoid obstacles to Ukrainian exports associated with the start of CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) on January 1, 2026.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallström held the second meeting of the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group, the press service of the Office of the President has reported.