Green Deal Ukraїna contributes to the latest Ukrainian Analytical Digest No 20: Ukraine`s Energy and Climate Policy

This special issue explores the transformation of Ukraine’s energy system in the context of war, reconstruction, climate policy, and European integration. The six contributions examine three interconnected themes: the resilience and adaptation of the energy system under wartime conditions, market and infrastructure integration with the European Union, and the role of local energy systems and municipal capacity in implementing reforms.

Contributors from the GDU and our partners analyse topics including:

• Electricity market coupling between the EU and Ukraine as an early accession measure
• The state of Ukraine’s electricity system in the fourth year of war
• Regional energy cooperation between Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania
• Planned versus actual power outages during the winter of 2025/26
• Public building renovation as a challenge for Ukraine’s recovery
• Governing Ukraine’s green transition during wartime

Authors: Rouven Stubbe, Olga Bondarenko, Susanne Nies, Aura Sabadus, Robert Carr, Frank Meißner, Danylo Moiseienko, Alexander Sicheneder.

Special Editors: Olga Bondarenko, Vladyslav Mikhnych, Susanne Nies, Georg Zachmann.

The issue was published as part of the Ukrainian Analytical Digest, a peer-reviewed publication jointly produced by Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, the Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES) at the University of Zurich, and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde e.V.

We would like to thank the editorial team, as well as the peer reviewers for their valuable collaboration.