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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 3d

3/ As a result, >100 #Belarusian organizations involved in #environmental protection have been liquidated since 2021, some are recognized as “extremist groups.” Now they are looking for ways to continue their work 🤍❤️‍🩹🤍

🔗 Read more on the UWEC website:
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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 3d

2/ 🤬 Following the 2020 protests against the rigging of the presidential election, the #Belarusian regime only intensified its #repression of civil society.

The #Lukashenko regime decided to label internationally funded NGOs as “enemies of the fatherland.”

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 3d

1/ 💚 UWEC is launching a series of articles on eco-activism in #Belarus, #Ukraine, and #Georgia during the #war in Ukraine.

🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives:
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Environmental and climate activism in Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia during Russia’s full-scale invasion. Part One – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Alexej Ovchinnikov This article begins a series discussing how the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impacted environmental activism in Belarus, Georgia, and Ukraine and explores how activists can fi...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 7d

3/ What preventive measures can be taken in a situation where monitoring in the occupied territories is impossible?

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🔗 Details can be found at the link:
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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 7d

2/ According to Dr. Stanislav Viter, if the meteorological trends of 2023-2025 continue, particularly dangerous #locust swarms should be expected in 2026-2028. One of the reasons for the active spread of locusts was the consequences of the #war in #Ukraine.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 7d

1/ 🦗 In recent months, there has been much media coverage of the mass invasion of #locusts in southern #Ukraine. Some even refer to these locusts as "Egyptian", drawing parallels with the Old Testament.

🔗 What factors created favorable conditions for it?
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Invaders from the steppes: Locusts and the war in Ukraine – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Stanislav Viter In recent weeks, a number of media reports have focused on a massive locust invasion in southern Ukraine. Some media outlets and officials have even referred to these locusts as “Egypt...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 10d

2/ #Russia is withdrawing from the Ramsar #convention and thereby renouncing international measures to protect some 10 million hectares of valuable natural areas.

Was the #Ramsar split inevitable? What should be done next?

🔗 Read here: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...

UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 10d

1/ 💔 #Russia expressed its political “resentment” at a resolution of the parties to the #Ramsar Convention condemning the Russian invasion of #Ukraine in a highly counterproductive manner.

🔗 UWEC has analyzed in detail the consequences of such a move: uwecworkgroup.info/the-ramsar-s...

The Ramsar split—was it inevitable, and what should be done next? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Eugene Simonov, Angelina Davydova In denouncing the Ramsar Convention Russia expressed its disagreement with the allegedly “anti-Russian position” of the convention’s parties. Subsequently, Russian pr...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

7/ 🔗 How harmful is the sinking of a #tanker from Russia's “shadow fleet” to the health of people and wildlife in #Ukraine? Read the UWEC article at the link:
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Military oil spill (2): Scale and consequences of the catastrophe for flora and fauna and the region’s ecosystems – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Eugene Simonov Oil and its derivatives occur naturally in the sea, as do microorganisms that can absorb and process these substances. But human activity releases petroleum products into seawater in su...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

6/ 💬 In general, we are still very far from solving the problem, and there are no guarantees that everything will end well without a new wave of massive #pollution.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

5/ 💬 The #cofferdams may not be ready in time. And even if they are used, it is a very expensive but dubious operation. The success of this technology has not been demonstrated anywhere in similar conditions.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

4/ 💬❗️ In other words, there has been no information for a long time about progress on building #cofferdams — a kind of sarcophagus around each of the wreckage — and then lift everything, including the #oil, to the surface.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

3/ 💬 The saddest thing is that the last time we heard about any steps to solve the main problem — the removal of 2-3 thousand tons of #mazut from the sunken wreckage of the #tankers — was on September 5.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

2/ 💬 #Oil products continue to leak from the wreckage of the ships — this can sometimes be seen in satellite images. If undersea #tanker wreckage is severely shaken by autumn storms, they will leak more heavily, and everything will start all over again.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 13d

1/ 🤡 On Sep.19, the Krasnodar Region Operational Headquarters and a government commission reported on the completion of work to collect settled #mazut from the bottom of the #BlackSea in the Anapa coastal zone.

UWEC expert Evgeny Simonov explained why the problem is far from being solved: ⬇️⬇️

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 17d

2/ ⚠️ 1300 of 1947 megawatts of Ukraine's #wind power capacity is produced in territories occupied by #Russia, with another 40 MW destroyed or damaged. In 2025, around 200 MW of wind power capacity will be commissioned, according to #Ukraine Business News.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 17d

1/ 💨 The Office of the President of #Ukraine considers #wind farms to be a key area for the development of #renewable energy—the domestic potential for wind energy production is estimated at 100-150 GW

What are the prospects for “green generation” during the #war?
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Prospect for renewable energy in wartime: How Ukraine plans to ensure energy independence using “green generation” – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Victoria Hubareva Russia’s war in Ukraine has destroyed US$16 billion of the country’s energy infrastructure. Restoring the country’s energy industry to its previous form is a longer, more difficult a...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 20d

3/ These challenges stimulated the development of #JustTransition strategies for communities that were previously considered purely mining towns.

🔗 Read more: uwecworkgroup.info/just-transit...

Just transition for coal-mining communities: What is it and how does it work in wartime Ukraine? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Inha Pavlii Just ten years ago, the coal industry was one of Ukraine’s largest industries. However, with the beginning of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014, the decay of mining towns i...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 20d

2/ The #coal industry was one of Ukraine’s largest industries. However, with the beginning of #Russia’s armed aggression, the decay of mining towns in occupied territories, accumulating industry debts, and the unstable economic situation have led to the industry’s gradual decline.

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 20d

1/ 🦺 #JustTransition for coal-mining communities: What is it and how does it work in wartime #Ukraine?

🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 22d

💧 #Donbas faced a critical #water shortage this summer. In #Donetsk itself, water — often cloudy and with dirty sediment — is supplied once every 3 days for 4 hours, and even less frequently in some settlements.

🔗 What are the causes of the water #crisis?
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«Инфраструктура канала была многократно взорвана». Эколог Евгений Симонов* — о нехватке воды в Донбассе и ее загрязненности — Новая газета

18+. НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ СИМОНОВЫМ ЕВГЕНИЕМ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧЕМ ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА СИМОНОВА ЕВГЕНИЯ АЛЕ...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 28d

2/ #Canada, the #UK, and #Switzerland have decided to join the EU's decision to lower the price cap on Russian oil.

According to the #REPowerEU program, the #EU will completely abandon imports of Russian energy resources by 2027: uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...

Europe hastens its ‘energy divorce’ from Russia – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Eugene Simonov Environmental organizations welcome the EU’s new roadmap for ending the bloc’s reliance on Russian energy but point to an absence of ambition when it comes to climate-related issues. Ad...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · 28d

1/ 〽️ Starting September 3, 2025, the new price cap for a barrel of Russian #oil is $47.60 instead of $60

🔗 Read about how #Europe is accelerating its energy “divorce” from #Russia on the UWEC website:
uwecworkgroup.info/europe-haste...

[📸 by @creacleanair.bsky.social]

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · Sep 9

3/ ❓ How will this affect Ukraine's #environmental policy? Will it streamline work or instead lead to a deterioration of the situation? How did community environmental organizations in #Ukraine react to its elimination?

🔗 Read more in the UWEC article:
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Merging ministries: Will changes in the structure of Ukraine’s government roll back the environmental agenda? – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Inha Pavlyi Ukraine has reorganized its ministerial structure, merging its environmental, economic and agricultural ministries into a single body. Will the move result in more effective environmental ...

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UWEC Work Group @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social · Sep 9

2/ ❌ On July 21, Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers liquidated that ministry, merging it with two others — the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and the Ministry of Economy.

The new Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of #Ukraine inherits their property, rights and responsibilities.

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