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Our public debate co-hosted with the Razumkov Centre is starting in the next minutes!

Make sure to join us as we discuss the next steps for the future of pan-European climate policy, with a special focus also on green reconstruction in #Ukraine

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https://twitter.com/tepsaeu/status/1658804510838358016

As always, we'll be highlighting the main points and takeaways from this debate here on Twitter

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This event takes place in the framework of the publication of our new book "Climate Change and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals", co-edited by Michael Kaeding, @JohannesPollak & @_PaulSchmidt

Learn more: tepsa.eu/tepsa-books/

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Volodymyr Omelchenko opens the discussion as moderator by noting the role of TEPSA in publishing this book and facilitating this event - we're very proud to work with our Ukrainian Member Institute, the Razumkov Centre, to co-host this debate!

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The Razumkov Centre's Svitlana Chekunova, a Leading Expert in the Centre's Energy and Infrastructure Programmes, authored the chapter of our book focussing on #Climate in #Ukraine

In this debate she opens her remarks by summarising her argument

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"2022 was the hottest summer, and second warmest year, on record. The #ClimateCrisis is the greatest global threat of our times"

- Svitlana Chekunova, Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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"The Russian invasion has made climate mitigation and adaptation processes even more complicated, inflicting losses to infrastructure and ecosystems"

- Svitlana Chekunova, Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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"With the Russian aggressione, the green transition was hindered: many had to resort to coal and nuclear energy. But ultimately this has pushed Europe to hasten its efforts towards becoming the first climate neutral continent"

- Svitlana Chekunova, Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)
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"Ukrainians were committed to the climate action a long time ago. We have felt the impact of climate change: floods in the South, wildfires in the Chernobyl zone. We admit climate change is affecting our lives"

- Svitlana Chekunova, Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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"We do not know when this war will end, but we know that in its aftermath we will have to redouble our efforts to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of #ClimateChange"

- Svitlana Chekunova, Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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After Svitlana Chekunova's powerful intervention on the view from #Ukraine, we turn to Gregorz Stanislawski to discuss the decarbonisation of Ukraine's energy system after the end of Russia's war of aggression

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"It will not be possible to transform Ukraine's economy without dismantling the oligarchic energy system. The huge question is how to revolutionise the energy system: it will not be possible without international regulation"

- Gregorz Stanislawski

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"We need to make a completely new energy infrastructure: the agricultural sector of our economy needs a new, smart, model. How do we create green fertiliser, for instance?"

- Gregorz Stanislawski

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"Ukraine's potential in the green transition of the energy sector is huge: there will be no green economy in Central and Eastern Europe without Ukraine"

- Gregorz Stanislawski

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"Decarbonisation and decentralisation should be at the centre of Ukraine's efforts to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 65%, the goal mandated by the Ministry for Environment"

- Julia Usenko, speaking at our debate with the Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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"Energy poverty should be dealt with comprehensively: we need to protect vulnerable people and one of the major efforts here has to be energy efficiency"

- Julia Usenko, speaking at our debate with the Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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"When we talk about energy transformations, it is true that security has to be a priority, but I would add that environmental standards should be a mandatory condition for the success of climate targets"

- Julia Usenko, at our debate with the Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

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"For Ukraine, decarbonising efforts will be a chance to transition from the position of a country 'catching up' with the EU to the position of a country working concurrently with the EU. This is a process which is already ongoing"

- Marcelina Golebiewska

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As our debate with the Razumkov Centre draws to a close, we turn back to Svitlana Chekunova, who notes that "the value of our book on #ClimateChange and the #FutureofEurope is to gather concepts from all countries, each of which represents different challenges"

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Our event's moderator Volodymyr Omelchenko takes this opportunity to summarise the discussion that "decarbonisation is the key act to transform economies in a green way - for Ukraine this is crucial for bringing us closer to the EU"

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"This is not about saving the planet, which has done fine without us for billions of years: it is about saving humanity"

- Svitlana Chekunova summarises her contribution by quoting @TimmermansEU's words from his foreword to our book

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This brings an end to our debate co-hosted with the Razumkov Centre (@PA3yMKOB)

Thank you to our speakers, and be sure to stay tuned to our channels for more discussion of "Climate Change and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals"

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