Ukraine 2050 - Low Emission Development Strategy

Category: UNFCCC

Document Type: Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy

Role: Main

Ukraine 2050: Strategy for Low Emission Development

The Ukraine 2050 Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) is a national document outlining Ukraine's vision to decouple its future economic and social growth from the increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Developed through a synergy approach involving national stakeholders, the strategy serves as a potential pathway for the country's development, aligning with national sustainable development priorities and existing sectoral strategies while considering state policy goals on emissions. The scope of the LEDS is national, addressing key sectors of the economy and human livelihood. While the provided text does not detail specific legally binding obligations or precise GHG reduction targets, it establishes the strategic goals and objectives for low emission development towards 2050. The strategy focuses on several key areas: 1. **De-carbonization of the Energy Sector:** This involves policies and measures centered on energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy sources (RES), modernization and innovation in energy infrastructure, and transforming energy markets and institutions. The strategy includes model assessments of social and economic outcomes for this sector. 2. **Reducing Non-CO2 Emissions:** Measures are planned to reduce emissions from sources other than carbon dioxide, specifically addressing leaks in fossil fuel extraction, processing, transportation, and storage, improving waste treatment practices, and implementing low-emission approaches in the agriculture sector. 3. **Carbon Sink by Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF):** The strategy recognizes the contribution of land use and forestry to the GHG balance and outlines low-carbon policies and measures for these sectors, including projections of GHG absorption dynamics under different development scenarios. The strategy is supported by a legislative and institutional framework, although specific regulation or statute names are not detailed in the provided text snippet. It also considers preconditions for the transition, including climate change combatting advantages, GHG emissions trends, vulnerability to climate change, and the role of international cooperation (mentioning the UNFCCC). The primary deadline or horizon for the strategy's vision and pathway is 2050. No specific intermediate compliance dates or detailed obligations are provided in this summary text.

UKRAINE 2050
LOW EMISSION
DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY
KYIV, November 2017

CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 4
SUMMARY 6
1. Strategic vision of low carbon future for Ukraine 14
1.1. Problems and challenges of Ukraine's sustainable development 15
1.2. Goals and objectives of Ukraine's low emission development strategy 15
2. PRECONDITIONS OF TRANSITION TOWARDS LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT 17
2.1. Climate change combatting advantages 18
2.2. Greenhouse gas emissions 19
2.3. Vulnerability to climate change 22
2.4. International cooperation 23
3. LEGISLATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 25
4. DE-CARBONIZATION OF UKRAINE'S ENERGY SECTOR 33
4.1.Energy de-carbonization policy and measures 36
4.1.1. Energy efficiency 37
4.1.2. Renewable energy 40
4.1.3. Modernization and innovation 44
4.1.4. Transformation of market and insitutions 48
4.2.Model assessments of social and economic outcomes 53
5. REDUCING NON CO2 EMISSIONS 55
5.1. Reducing leaks in fossil fuel extraction,
processing transportation and storage 56
5.2. Improvement of waste treatment 57
5.3. Agriculture 58
6. CARBON SINK BY LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY SECTOR 61
6.1. Land use and forestry sector and its contrinution to GHG balance
господарства України і його внесок у баланс ПГ 62
6.2. Low carbon policies and measures in land use and forestry
розвитку землекористування і лісового господарства 64
6.3. Projections of GHG absorption dynamics under different scenarios
of Ukraine's foresttry sector development 66
REFERENCES 71
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LIST OF
ABBREVIATIONS
NPP nuclear power plant
GDP gross domestic product
RES renewable energy sources
LULUCF land use, land use changes and forestry
Catalogue Catalogue of directions and policies and LEDS measures
IAC inter- agency commission on implementation

Tags: Agriculture, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Carbon Sink, Climate Change, Development, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Transition, Electricity, Forests, Fossil Fuels, Geothermal, Ghg, Governance, Hydro, Innovation, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Land Use, Lulucf, Methane, Mitigation, Nitrous Oxide, Nuclear, Oil And Gas, Planning, Policy, R&D, Reforestation, Regulation, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Research, Unfccc, Waste, Wind

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