Outcome 13.12: Difficult situation and forests for Europe

Ukraine remains among the five European states with the most critical situation regarding COVID-19; Ukraine will be forced to lift the moratorium on the export of roundwood. Korrespondent.net highlights yesterday’s major events.

The coronavirus situation in Ukraine was recognized as critical

Ukraine is among the top five European countries with the most critical situation due to the coronavirus pandemic. The weekly analysis of the current situation and the modeling of COVID-19 spread scenarios carried out by the Center for Health Economics of the CSE Center for Health Economics establishes that Ukraine has an average rate of new cases of coronavirus infection in Europe. However, the percentage of positive cases is consistently high and has already overtaken Poland.

EU wins arbitration with Ukraine to ban roundwood export

The final decision of the dispute settlement commission, created in accordance with the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, revealed that the Ukrainian ban on exporting all raw wood is inconsistent with the Association Agreement. Therefore, Ukraine is expected to end the export ban as soon as possible. The decision concludes the first EU trade dispute under a bilateral agreement.

Miners are planning a protest action in Ukraine

The miners will start a revolt throughout Ukraine if they are not paid their legal salary before December 20, for which 1.4 billion UAH was allocated, said the leader of the miners’ unions, Mikhail Volynets.

Weather in Ukraine on Monday will become more difficult due to rainfall and ice

Monday in Ukraine, except for the southeast part, sleet and rain, ice in some places, ice on the roads, at night, in the morning fog in some places. In Kiev during the day, the temperature will rise to one degree Celsius, at night it will drop to -1. Meteorologists promise cloudy weather with precipitation.

President announced Kyiv’s climate ambitions

Ukraine has ambitious climate goals, the longest of which is carbon neutrality. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the International Summit on Climate Ambitions, which took place online. In his video message, Zelenskiy said that this year Ukraine was particularly affected by the negative impact of climate change.

Germany will allocate 500 million euros for fighting climate change

Germany will continue to contribute to the fight against climate change and will also do its best to form a plan to protect the climate in poor countries with the help of the international community at the next UN climate conference, to be held in December 2021 in Glasgow.

The number of coronavirus cases in Ukraine grows

In Ukraine, during the last day, 9,176 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus were confirmed, which is significantly lower than the previous figure. The total number of victims since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 15 thousand. During the day, 41,489 tests were carried out: by PCR – 33593, by ELISA – 7896.

Chernobyl Reserve Added to World Protected Areas Database

The inclusion of the Chernobyl reserve on this basis is a very important event not only for the reserve, but for the whole of Ukraine. After all, it brings our state closer to complying with the international obligations assumed by it in the field of environmental protection, said the reserve.

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