Today and on Saturday, Commissioner Sinkevičius will be in Kyiv to discuss with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy the Environmental Compact drafted by the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of the War. The Compact sets out strategic recommendations to support Ukraine across three pillars: the assessment of environmental damages from the war, Ukraine's green recovery and reconstruction and legal accountability for environmental war crimes. Launched in June 2023, the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of the War gathers environmental leaders from across Europe and beyond to support Ukraine in its green recovery.

Commissioner Sinkevičius will also hold several bilateral meetings to discuss the state of Ukraine's environment, the challenges and opportunities ahead. He will meet with Ukrainian government and Verkhovna Rada representatives as well as civil society representatives.

During his visit, he will also discuss more broadly the state of Ukraine's green reconstruction and recovery as well as the important work Ukraine is undertaking on environmental priorities in its accession process. This work  builds on the outcomes of the Ukraine Green Recovery Conference organised by the Commission as well as the ‘United for Justice, United for Nature' event last year.

The Commissioner will also visit the areas around Chernobyl and the surrounding damaged forests.

(For more information: Adalbert Jahnz – Tel.: + 32 2 295 31 56; Maëlys Dreux – Tel.: +32 2 295 46 73)