Relevant UN Habitat Environmental Recommendations

From Section B3. Planning & Environment - Local Authorities, International Guidelines: Urban and Territorial Planning, 2017

(b) Develop energy-efficient urban forms using renewable energy. Set up and adopt efficient low-carbon urban forms and development patterns as a contribution to improving energy efficiency and increasing the access and use of renewable energy sources.

(g) Preserve and use existing built assets to strengthen social identity when revitalizing areas of decline. Identify and recognize the value of declining built environments with a view to revitalizing them, taking advantage of their assets, and strengthening their social identity.

(j) Promote green buildings. Promote the construction, retrofitting, and management of “green buildings” through incentives and disincentives, and monitor their economic impacts.

Relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 7 Affordable and clean energy

• 11 Sustainable cities and communities

• 12 Responsible consumption and production

• 13 Climate action

Relevant EU Directive

• Energy Efficiency

• Renewable Energy

• Energy Performance of Buildings

• Spatial Planning

Associated Environmental Impacts of the War

• Damage to power plants and other energy infrastructure

• Damage to urban infrastructure, including housing, schools, hospitals,  businesses

• Disruptions to energy supplies, increased use of fossil fuels & greenhouse gas emissions

• Loss of green spaces and parks

• Increased air, noise, and water pollution

• Displacement of millions of people, damage to buildings and other structures

• Increased use of construction materials, Generation of construction waste