Promotion of Renewable Energy in the EU and Ukraine

Olha Kaduk

doi:10.18523/kmlpj249913.2021-7.129-147

Abstract

This article discusses the main reasons for energy transition to RES and examines what is burdening this transition. The main purpose of this article is to overlook the reasons for promotion of renewable energy and main obstacles EU and Ukraine encounter with when heading towards zero-carbon society. The objects of the research were not chosen deliberately: Ukraine is a country which is adopting European aquis communitare and that is why it is extremely important to provide certain comparative research of these formations.

Highlights

Affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, climate action can be found among the Global Goals, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015,1 under Article 3 of the Paris Agreement.[2]
The novelty pushed by European Parliament resolution of March 10, 2021 22 is Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) which aims to force trading partners from the countries with less strict legislation on carbon emissions than EU to
In its Regulation establishing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism European Parliament emphasizes that it is conscious of the possible negative consequences for implementing CBAM

Summary

Introduction

Affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, climate action can be found among the Global Goals, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015,1 under Article 3 of the Paris Agreement.[2] Currently the promotion of renewable energy is one of the main goals for human beings, because it is the key for a big number of environmental, economic and geopolitical issues resolution. Much concern around this topic remains, which is quite justifiable as promotion of renewable energy keeps facing different challenges and requires very well-weighed policy, ability to anticipate various factors in order to maintain energy security and not to cripple the economy. 1 “Sustainable Development Goals: United Nations Development Programme,” UNDP, accessed December 2, 2021, https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals

EU and Ukraine ambitions in energy transition

Implementation of CBAM in EU and Ukraine

The main challenges Ukraine encounters in its pathway to carbon neutrality

Energy Charter Treaty and EU pathway to carbon neutrality

Conclusion

Findings

Ольга Кадук