Ukraine Conflict – 24 Months of Urgent Environmental Recovery Will Cost $30m

Jul 16, 2015 | Doug Weir
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The environmental costs of the ongoing Ukraine conflict are still to be quantified but an EU-UN-World Bank needs assessment has called for US$30m to fund environmental recovery over the next two years. With UNEP still unable to assess or begin restoring the damage on the ground due to insecurity, this sum, which already far exceeds that for UXO management is only likely to grow.

Shortly after Zoi Environment Network and the TRWP published a first look at the environmental damage from the Ukraine conflict, the EU, UN and World Bank launched an initial post-conflict Peacebuilding and Recovery Needs Assessment. It found that although “the impact on the environment could not be quantified in this phase, it is substantial and needs attention.”