Building Forward Better

This executive summary outlines a framework for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction, emphasizing the integration of sustainability, resilience, and climate neutrality into governance and infrastructure. It advocates for a unified national green recovery strategy aligned with European Union standards and the enhancement of the Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) platform to track environmental performance.

• Ukraine faces an estimated long-term recovery need exceeding USD 524 billion as of late 2024 due to damages from Russia's invasion, presenting an opportunity to embed sustainability and climate alignment into the reconstruction process.
• The report recommends that national policy-makers create a unified green recovery strategy aligned with EU environmental standards, while local governments require support in institutional capacity, staffing, and training to implement sustainable infrastructure projects.
• To improve the tracking of environmental and climate performance, the Government of Ukraine and administrators of the Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) should add emissions calculators, environmental sustainability indicators, and model projects to the platform.

APA

Soman,, A. A. O. T. (2025). Building Forward Better. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-forward-better-sustainable-recovery-ukraine

Chicago

Soman,, Anna Ackermann,Yuliia Oharenko,Anika Terton,Samuel. Building Forward Better. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2025. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-forward-better-sustainable-recovery-ukraine.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{soman2025building, author = {Soman,, Anna Ackermann,Yuliia Oharenko,Anika Terton,Samuel}, title = {{Building Forward Better}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/building-forward-better-sustainable-recovery-ukraine}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }