26/11/2024
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26/11/2024
26/03/2024
Experts from Lithuania and Norway shared good practice on adaptation to climate change
Lithuania is increasingly focusing on nature-based urban solutions and promoting municipal adaptation to climate change. Norway is the world's leading country in terms of Adaptability Rank, and last week representatives of the Ministry of the Environment, the Association of Local...
26/03/2024
Lithuania proposes to ban waste imports from Russia at Environment Council
At the EU Environment Council in Brussels on Monday, Lithuania, supported by the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Estonia, proposed that EU Member States ban imports of ferrous metals, copper, and aluminum waste and scrap from Russia, as Russia is using the money to finance its war against...
04/03/2024
United Nations Environment Assembly: presented news of Lithuania's achievements
The 6th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, will play a pivotal role in shaping international environmental policy and making significant environmental decisions. Themed "Effective, inclusive, and sustainable multilateral action to combat...
16/01/2024
Adaptation to climate risks, a just transition and the circular economy are at the heart of discussions between Environment Ministers in Brussels
European Environment and Climate Ministers met in Brussels on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 January for an informal ministerial meeting to launch the work of the EU Council's Environment configuration under the Belgian presidency. Monday's discussions focused on the question of preparing for...
02/12/2023
The President at the UN Climate Change Conference: We have increasingly less time left to deal with the climate crisis
President Gitanas Nausėda, currently in Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), participated on Saturday in a high-level panel of world leaders to present Lithuania’s climate change agenda. Addressing world leaders, the President said that the climate crisis is one of...
27/10/2023
The Baltic States and Poland discussed opportunities and challenges in achieving climate neutrality
On Friday, the Ministry of the Environment hosted an event on Climate Week entitled 'Challenges and opportunities of green transformation: what can we learn from each other?' where politicians, experts and social partners from the Baltic States and Poland shared insights on how to...
24/04/2023
OECD highlights for a climate-neutral Lithuania: innovative technology development, tax changes
For Lithuania to reach the 2050 climate neutrality target, the diffusion of innovative technologies is essential, especially in the transport and industrial sectors. The deployment of new and sustainable technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would create additional jobs in the...
27/03/2023