It was declared by Serhii Kurykin, the acting Minister, during opening of the National Forum “Waste Management in Ukraine: Laws, Economy, Technologies”.

It was declared by Svitlana Kolomiets, the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine – Chief of Staff, during her report at the 27^th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (Dubai, the United Arab Emirates).

Today, on November 4, 2015, the High-Level Segment of the 27^th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer has been launched in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Svitlana Kolomiets, the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources – Chief of Staff, represents Ukraine in the above event.

On November 30, 2015, the 21^st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and 11^th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol were launched in Paris, France, and within their framework the meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, the meeting of the Subsidiary Body for the Kyoto Protocol Implementation (SBI) and the meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action would be held to develop further solutions on climate change.

This was due to the implementation of the project “Analysis of environmental risks in the exclusion zone on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border” with the support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the international initiative “Environment and Security” (ENVSEC).

Being a part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol to it, Ukraine makes a consistent contribution into climate change combatting. Serhii Kurykin informed about it during a briefing in the Press Center of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

“Having undertaken quantified commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, Ukraine has made progress in climate change, in particular, the agreements of purchase of the assigned amount units (parts) (hereinafter – the AAUs) were concluded with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization(Japanese state company, subject to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, hereinafter – NEDO), three Japanese power generating companies and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain”- Acting Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Sergiy Kurykin said during a briefing at the press center of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.