Parliamentary study on the reform of the environment and climate changes legislation during Ukraine's accession negotiations with the European Union

Abstract. Necessary steps to reform the national legislation on environmental protection and climate changes in the context of European integration processes have been covered in the parliamentary study. Analysis of the coherence of planning for the development and approval of legislative initiatives in the field of environment and climate changes by the Government and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for 2024, as well as its compliance with the tasks defined in the European Commission's 2023 Report on Ukraine has been conducted. Recommendations of the European Commission and European experience in the implementation of effective environmental policy, approaches of certain EU member states (Austria, Finland, Poland) to the transposition of acquis EU into national legislation have been presented in the study.

Key words: environmental protection, climate policy, waste management, construction and demolition waste, environmental taxation, deforestation.

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04/2024