Legal and Policy Expertise with Civil Society at the Forefront of Ukraine’s Green Recovery

As the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025) convened in Rome, attention focused not only on reconstruction but on the critical question of how Ukraine rebuilds: can the path to recovery also become one of resilience, sustainability, and renewal? On the conference margins, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection […]

Transnational Approaches to Energy Sector Reform in Ukraine​

As part of the COP29 discussions in Baku, the Europe-Ukraine Energy Transition Hub (EUETH) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine hosted the side event “Transnational Approaches to Energy Sector Reform in Ukraine.” Against the backdrop of Russia’s war of aggression and its severe impact on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, this discussion […]

International cooperation must be at the heart of Ukraine’s energy sector transformation

– EUETH event 10. June 2024

Leading up to the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), the Europe Ukraine Energy Transition Hub (EUETH) hosted a high-level discussion on the future of Ukraine’s energy sector and its critical role in the nation’s path toward EU membership. The event highlighted the need for close cooperation between Ukrainian, European and transatlantic partners in order to ensure […]

A way ahead for Ukraine’s energy sector and climate action

Ievgeniia Kopytsia

For more than two years now, Ukraine has been defying the Russian invasion and the many associated challenges – including in the energy sector. For this newsletter, we spoke to our colleague Ievgeniia Kopytsia about the impact of the war on climate protection, the country’s impressive goals for decarbonizing its energy sector and the cooperation […]

“An agreement is only as good as its implementation”

COP Panel

Ievgeniia Kopytsia, research associate at IKEM and member of the newly founded Europe Ukraine Energy Transition Hub (EUETH), attended COP28 in Dubai. In an interview, she shares insights on the conference and its outcomes, along with their implications for Ukraine.  What was your role at COP28 in Dubai? I attended the COP in a dual […]

​​Unlocking Ukraine’s potential​

Participants of EUETH's COP28 side event in Dubai, December 2023

At a COP28 side event hosted by the Europe Ukraine Energy Transition Hub (EUETH), IKEM’s panelists highlighted the need for a robust legal framework and international cooperation for a successful transformation of the Ukrainian energy sector after the war. “The energy transition is a key element for Ukraine’s long-term prosperity. A successful transformation contributes to […]

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IKEM and EUETH will be hosting a series of side events at this year’s climate negotiations to discuss the energy-climate-defense nexus, the reconstruction of Ukraine’s energy system, and nature-based solutions for climate mitigation.