On Saturday, December 2 at 16:30 (Kyiv time), a side event “Renewable energy sources and climate impacts: ecocide, green reconstruction, indigenous perspectives on war-stricken Ukraine”will be held by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and Ecoclub in Dubai as part of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).
The main goal of the event is to discuss the direct and indirect environmental and economic impacts on climate change that have already been caused or may occur in the future as a result of the occupation of Crimea and the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Speakers will pay special attention to determining the degree of negative impact of Russian actions on the traditional way of life of indigenous peoples living in Crimea.
Speakers:
- Eskender Bariiev, Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, member of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people;
- Svitlana Boichenko, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, leading researcher at the Subotina Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Ecology of the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, member of the Expert Council of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center on environmental protection and sustainable development of Crimea;
- Borys Babin, Doctor of Law, professor, expert of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, professor of the Department of International Law of the National Aviation University, professor of the Department of State Legal Disciplines of Mariupol State University, ex-expert of the Association for the Reintegration of Crimea;
- Yevhen Khlobystov, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of the Department of Ecology of the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Academician of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine, member of the Expert Council of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center on environmental protection and sustainable development of Crimea;
- Liudmyla Korotkykh, lawyer, manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center;
- Natalia Kholodova, project manager of the Ecoclub NGO.
Live Stream.