The governments of Ukraine and Japan have agreed on cooperation in the field of developing new energy and industrial technologies and implementing green investments.
As reported by the press service of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, the relevant documents were signed on March 19 in Kyiv.
In particular, the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Green Investment Scheme between the governments of Ukraine and Japan were signed.
From the Ukrainian side, the document was signed by the head of the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine, Ihor Lupaltsev, and from the Japanese side, by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, Tadashi Izawa.
In addition, a Cooperation Agreement was concluded between the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine and the Organization for the Development of New Energy and Industrial Technologies (Japan).
The agreement was signed from the Ukrainian side by the head of the National Environmental Investment Agency, Ihor Lupaltsev, and from the Japanese side by the chairman of the Organization for the Development of New Energy and Industrial Technologies, Seiji Murata.
According to the concluded documents, Ukraine, in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol, provides Japan with 30 million units of quotas for emissions of harmful substances that pollute the atmosphere. In total, Ukraine has quotas for 4.5 billion units.
According to calculations, by 2012 Ukraine will use a quota of 2.8 billion units for its own needs, and 450 million units, according to a government decision, will be sold to other countries of the world.