During June-July 2021, UNDP Ukraine conducted a study “Nature-based solutions for cities in legislation, strategies, policies and action plans at the national, regional and local levels in Ukraine.”

This work focuses on identifying in the state planning documents of different levels and in other legislative acts of Ukraine both in the field of environmental protection and in related areas (urban planning, energy policy, etc.) of conceptual legal framework for the development of a concept of nature-based solutions for cities.

The study analyses the main strategies, plans, programs, etc., as well as the basic laws of Ukraine and other regulations in the field of environmental protection, urban planning and other related areas that have been adopted and operate at the national, regional and local levels

This work may be of interest to government authorities, local self-government bodies, scientists and educational institutions, business representatives, the public, as well as all those interested in current issues of sustainable development of cities and other territories, urban development, environmental protection and public health, including through the introduction of NBS.

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