Ukraine

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (11 June 1992) and ratification (13 May 1997)
• KP:  signature (15 March 1999) and ratification (12 April 2004)
• Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
• Vienna Convention: signature (22 March 1985) and acceptance (18 June 1986)
• Montreal Protocol: signature (18 Feb. 1988) and acceptance (20 Sept. 1988)
• LRTAP: signature (14 Nov. 1979) and ratification (5 June 1980)
• Energy Charter: signature (17 Dec. 1994) and ratification (06 Feb. 1998)
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: signature and ratification (06 Feb. 1998)
• Espoo Convention: signature (26 Feb. 1991) and ratification (20 July 1999)

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Air protection

• Law No.2707-XII on Protection of Atmospheric Air 1992 (Ukrainian) to protect atmospheric air and reduce pollution to protect human and ecological health.
• Ministerial Decree No. 1780 Validating the Regulation on Elaboration and Validation of the Maximum Limits of Emissions of Pollutants by Stationary Sources 2001 (Ukrainian)

Energy

• Law No. 74/94-BP on Energy Saving (1994) [Ukrainian] to outline Ukrainian policies on energy savings, energy production, and renewable energy generation
• Law No. 39/95-VR on the Utilization of Nuclear Energy and Radiation Safety (1995) [Ukrainian] to establish policies on nuclear energy generation and safety mechanism
• Law No. 1566-VI amending Law No. 39/95-VR on the utilization of nuclear energy and radiation safety (2009) [Ukrainian]
• Law No. 2883-VI amending Law No. 39/95-VR on the utilization of nuclear energy and radiation safety (2010) [Ukrainian]
• Law No. N 575/97-VR on Electric Energy (1997) [Ukrainian] to outline regulatory provisions for the electricity sector, including licensing, renewable energy, and environmental impact
• Law No. 1220-VI Amending Law No. 575/97-VR “On Electric Energy” (2009) [Ukrainian]
• Law No. 3134-VI amending Law No. 575/97-VR “On Electric Energy”  (2011) [Ukrainian]
• Law No. 5485 amending Law No. N 575/97-VR “On Electric Energy” (2013) [Ukrainian]
• Law No. 1370-XIV on Licensing in the Sphere of the Utilization of Nuclear Energy (2000) [Ukrainian] to provide licensing procedures for nuclear power generation.
• Law No. 555-IV on Alternative Sources of Energy (2003) [Ukrainian] to set out broad Ukrainian policies on alternative, renewable energy generation
• Law No 2509-IV on Combined Thermal and Electric Energy Production (Co-Generation) and Utilization of the Combined Power Potential (2005) [Ukrainian]
• Law No. N 1391-XIV “On alternative fuels” (2012) [Ukrainian]
• Law 601-VI on Green Tariff (Feed-in Tariff) (2008) [Ukrainian] to provide economic incentives to purchase energy generated from renewable sources
• Law 1391-VI on Promotion of Biological Fuels Production and Use (2009) [Ukraine] to save fossil fuels, reduce energy imports, and increase the renewable energy mix

Forests and Land Use

• Ministerial Decree No. 1012 Regarding Validation of the Regulation on Charges for Special Management of Forest Resources and use of Plots of Forest Land (1998) [Ukrainian]

Government Documents

• Ministry and Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine
• Ukraine has no overarching climate change legislation. Ukraine does, however, have the following National Action Plan on Climate Change approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to comply with Kyoto and UNFCCC commitments
• UNFCCC National Communications [Russian]

Factual Matters

• Ukraine – US Energy Information Administration
• Ukraine – International Energy Agency
• Ukraine – Yale Environmental Performance Index
• Ukraine – United Nations Statistics Division

NGO Resources

• National Ecological Center of Ukraine

Secondary sources

• Osborne, Tom, Gillian Rose, and Tim Wheeler. Variation in the Global-scale Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Productivity Due to Climate Model Uncertainty and Adaptation, in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 183-94 (2013)
• Bär, R., E. Rouholahnedjad, K. Rahman, K.c. Abbaspour, and A. Lehmann, Climate Change and Agricultural Water Resources: A Vulnerability Assessment of the Black Sea Catchment, in Environmental Science & Policy, 57-69 (2015)

Summaries of legislation compiled from Nachmany, M., et al. 2014. “The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 66 Countries. Fourth Edition.” London: GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics.

Updated as of: January 15, 2015