How to rebuild a “green” country: recommendations for Ukraine’s recovery

by Dixi Group

The document describes war damage and macroeconomic stability, international assistance. Analysts give recommendations for horizontal reforms, recovery in the sectoral dimension, assistance sharing.

The impact of the war on the Ukrainian environment should be interpreted in two dimensions. On the one hand, the war has damaged and continues to damage the Ukrainian environment, and Ukraine’s natural system is in need of restoration measures. On the other hand, before the war, Ukraine implemented a number of environmental reforms (e.g. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)) and should have taken, but did not have time, further steps: coal phase-out, industrial pollution prevention, improvement of environmental tax, emissions trading system, etc.

The material was prepared with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the project “Supporting the Decarbonization of Ukraine’s Economy through the Development of New Debt Financing Models”. The material reflects the position of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the International Renaissance Foundation.