In Focus

Three Major Environmental Conferences in 2024

Over a span of the next six weeks in 2024, three major international environmental conferences will
take place: COP16 on Biodiversity (CBD), COP29 on Climate Change (CCC), and COP16 on Desertification
(CCD).

These conferences will serve as crucial platforms for addressing some of the most pressing
environmental challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, desertification, and drought.

These issues are deeply interconnected, highlighting the need for
comprehensive solutions to safeguard our planet.

Announcements

A Round Table Discussion “Implementation of Environmentally Safe Solid Waste Management System in Zaporizhia Region”

On April 16 a round table discussion “Implementation of Environmentally Safe Solid Waste Management System in Zaporizhia Region” was held in Zaporizhia. The event was supported by the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Ecological Policy, Natural Resources and Elimination of the Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster, Zaporizhia Regional State Administration, Zaporizhia Regional Federation of Employers and the project “Strengthening Environmental Governance by Building the Capacity of Non-Governmental Organizations” funded by the EU within the framework of the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme in Ukraine. Ecological Recycling Association of Ukraine, All-Ukrainian Environmental League and NGO “Geosystem” organized the roundtable.

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