“The world needs to invest much more in research and innovation for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.” This was one of the highlights by Julian Popov, Minister of Environment and Water, Bulgaria, who delivered the closing keynote speech at the XIV World Climate Summit - the Investment COP 2023, hosted by the World Climate Foun...

Bulgaria's Ministry of Environment and Water hosted a forum at the Bulgarian pavilion at COP28, whereby the perspectives for the energy transition in the region were presented under the title "Role and contribution of Central and Eastern Europe and South Eastern Europe towards tripling the share of renewable energy sources by 2030". The theme is al...

The Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov welcomed Nick Dunlop, Secretary General of the Climate Parliament - an organization that gathers parliamentarians from all over the world, committed to climate policies. During the meeting, Minister Popov presented the programme of events at Bulgaria's first pavilion at COP28, which demonstrates t...

Business achievements in decarbonizing heavy industry were presented by leading companies during a panel discussion on the topic hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Water during the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. "Today we have a very interesting discussion about a sector that is usually singled out as a big source of emissions. The meta...

Experts from the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) today presented Bulgaria's progress in attaining the 2020 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target at the International Assessment of Progress held during the COP28 in Dubai. Bulgaria has exceeded its 2020 GHG emission reduction target, together with other EU Member States. The prese...

Bulgaria demonstrated not only its strong commitment to climate goals and policies, but also the capacity and potential of Bulgarian entrepreneurship, research, and education centres to contribute with innovative solutions and transformative leadership relevant at the regional, European and global levels. The representatives of institutions, the b...

"Undoubtedly, climate change affects the most vulnerable communities, including children, who are most susceptible to the negative impact due to development factors," said Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Reneta Koleva at an event on Children and Climate, organised by UNICEF on the sidelines of the COP28 global climate meeting in Dubai. In...

"Carbon is the new currency that is beginning to dictate the world economy," said the Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov in his opening speech on the second day of the Net Zero Economy conference organized by Capital. Minister Popov noted that the world is on the threshold of a new industrial revolution, which is related to carbon emis...

Kina Kazakova from Haskovo won a laptop, Kiril Mirchev from Kyustendil won a smartphone, and Gulshen Yumer from Pazardzhik won a camera. These are the big winners in the Third National Online Contest "Knowledge for Natura 2000". These are the national winners, out of 1484 people who participated. The regional winners won 28 tablets. Incentive prize...

  Minister of Environment and Water Julian Popov outlined Bulgaria's leading role as co-chair of the Working Group No. 8 "Environmental Security" of the Peace Formula of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during an international forum on the occasion of the presentation of the priorities of the initiative, which was held on 21 Novemb...

  Methodologies and criteria for the evaluation of procedures with a total budget exceeding 1 billion BGN were approved.   The Managing Authority of the Environment Programme 2021-2027 held the fourth meeting of the Monitoring Committee for the programme in Burgas on Monday. During the forum, members approved methodologies and evaluati...

  The Ministry of Environment and Water is a traditional partner for the national student competition.   Forty-one projects of students from 1st to 12th grades country-wide qualified for the second phase of the 15th edition of the National Student Competition "Health Ambassadors". The competition is organized within the framework o...