Green Recovery for Ukraine
2022-ongoing
CCB collaborates with Ukrainian environmental organizations in Green Recovery efforts in Ukraine.
OVERVIEW
After the Russian invasion started on February 24th, 2022, CCB has clearly expressed its stand for the right to exist in peace for both our Ukrainian and Russian colleagues. Nature is our common value and language of dialogue, and we condemn any kind of violence and aggression in any form it occurs.
CCB as a network of NGOs was created in 1990 to join people from all countries in the Baltic Sea catchment area in a common cause: to improve our shared environment, to learn from each other and to understand each other’s culture and tradition.
For this reason, CCB collaborates since 2022 with Ukrainian environmental organizations in Green Recovery efforts for Ukraine. The CCB Member Organization Ecoterra is the coordinating partner from Ukraine.
Our focus primarily lies within the Baltic Sea Catchment Area of Ukraine and issues related to biodiversity, hazardous substances and eutrophication. Environmental problems originating in Ukraine affect the whole Baltic Sea Region and, therefore, require joint efforts to solve them.
ACTIVITIES
GREEN RECOVERY PLAN
The Green Recovery Plan for Ukraine is under development in collaboration with CCB and Ukrainian NGOs.
The plan covers environmental recovery of Ukrainian territories of the Baltic Sea catchment area and is divided into three sections:
- Eutrophication
- Biodiversity
- Hazardous substances and Litter
following the segments of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan.
The document, targeted towards policy-makers, environmental organizations and actors working with environmental reconstruction of Ukraine, will be released in January 2025.
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This work is accomplished with the support of the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Swedish Institute grants.
PUBLICATIONS & CAMPAIGNS
- Accelerating the Baltic Sea Action Plan
(Coalition Clean Baltic - CCB, 2024).
- A seed for reblooming - Crowdfunding campaign to renew Nina Radchenko's sustainable farm in Ukraine.
(CCB, 2023)
EVENTS
- River University 2024 - focusing on water security in Ukraine, recovery and restoration of water sector in Ukraine.
- "Our Common Baltic" course 2023 - dedicated to discussing the current ecological situation in Ukraine.
- GRASS Conference 2023 - on pesticides and the environment, organized by Ecoterra.
- Webinar "Environmental Consequences of the Invasion in Ukraine" (2023) - organized by the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group, with CCB providing support for simultaneous translations.
For more information:
CCB Secretariat: secretariat (at) ccb.se
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