Global Call for Equitable Climate Finance is an initiative by the Ministry of Environment and Water, Sofia University, and the Green Transition Forum for equitable climate finance to empower women in tackling the climate crisis Deputy Minister Reneta Koleva hosted an event on women and climate justice finance at the Bulgarian Pavilion at the COP29...

The Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov is inspecting reported alleged sites of illegal landfils near settlements in the Montana region. The inspection is related to information about unauthorized contamination of land with waste. It also aims to check if municipalities have complied with the prescriptions of the Regional Inspectorate ...

The Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov issued an order in declaration of a new protected area in the category of "protected area" on the basis of the Protected Areas Act (PAA), namely the protected area “Arvaliyka” with a terriroty of 932.581 hectares, in the village of Kushin, Municipality of Pleven, Pleven Region. The p...

"The climate crisis is first and foremost a crisis of children's rights, as children are disproportionately affected by climate change - both because of their unique physiology and the fact that extreme weather events are increasing as global temperatures rise." This was stated by Reneta Koleva, Deputy Minister of Environment and Water, at an event...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at its 61st Plenary Session in Sofia, Bulgaria, has agreed on the outlines of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers. More than 230 delegates from 114 member governments attending the ...

- The webinar is part of the satellite programme of the 61st IPCC session in Bulgaria. On August 5, the Ministry of Environment and Water will host the webinar "How to become an IPCC Author". The webinar is part of the satellite programme for Bulgaria's hosting of the 61st Session of the IPCC, which takes place in Sofia between 27 July and 2 Augus...

"Climate change needs to be tackled not only globally and nationally, but also locally. Local government is closest to the people and therefore knows how to implement climate change and mitigation policies together with adaptation to changes that have already occurred." This was said by the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov at the op...

- He is in Bulgaria on the occasion of the 61st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Abdullah Al Mandous today visited the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) and met with the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva, the Execut...

Last night, the “Horizon” light show transformed the facade of the National Palace of Culture (NPC) and 200 drones lit up the sky over Sofia in a 10-minute spectacle with messages about climate change, the important role of science in finding solutions, and our personal responsibility. The “Horizon” project was created for ...

Today, the air quality data for the village of Gara Elin Pelin show that there is no pollution. On an hourly basis, the Ministry of Environment and Water receives data from the mobile station located one kilometre away from the fire in the fireworks warehouse. RIEW - Sofia started the measurements on the evening of 25 July with a mobile laboratory...

- Minister Petar Dimitrov: The MOEW works to make Bulgaria a global centre of climate science The main goal of the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) is to make Bulgaria a global climate science hub and to have our policies based on science. This was stated by the Minister of Environment and Water Petar Dimitrov today at the opening of the 6...

On an hourly basis, the Ministry of Environment and Water receives data on air quality in the area of the village of Gara Elin Pelin after the fire erupted in the fireworks warehouse. Although elevated values of fine particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the first hours after the start of the fire, there is now enough data to calculate the da...