"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...

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. At the moment, the measured air quality indicators do not give any grounds for concern about endangering the life and health of humans and animals in the region. The...

Upon receipt of a report of a fire and malfunction in the fireworks warehouse in Gara Elin Pelin, the Minister of Environment and Water immediately sent a team of the Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water - Sofia (RIEW - Sofia) to the site. To assess the impact of the fire on air quality, the mobile laboratory of the Executive Environmen...

Upon receipt of a report about a fire and accident in the fireworks warehouse in Gara Elin Pelin, the Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water - Sofia (RIEW - Sofia) immediately dispatched a team to the site. The aim of the team was to carry out a detailed inspection of the area and assess the impact of the accident on the environment. In o...

How the EU missions on 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities and Climate Change Adaptation stimulate synergies between central and local governments and the development of functional investment models? The Ministry of Environment and Water, together with the Ministry of Energy, NAMRB, the Climate Coalition and the Centre for Energy Efficiency &ldqu...

In the lead up to the 61st session of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a two-day international conference on "Climate risks in the Black Sea region" started today in Sofia, organized by the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS) in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and Water as part of the satellite event program ...

GENEVA - SOFIA, 24 July 2024 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Change will be meeting for its 61st Plenary Session in Sofia, from 27 July to 2 August. During a week-long meeting the delegates of 195 member governments will discuss important matters related to production of IPCC reports during the seventh assessment cycle which began last July with t...