Today, in the urban settlement of Krasnoselsky, Volkovysk district, Grodno region, on the basis of the enterprise OJSC “Krasnoselskstroymaterialy”, a visiting meeting of the public coordinating environmental council under the Grodno regional committee of natural resources and environmental protection (OKES) was held.
During the meeting of the OKES, a wide range of issues was considered, concerning the main national interests in the environmental sphere within the framework of the draft of the new Concept of National Security of the country, production accounting of greenhouse gas emissions as a tool for sustainable development in the industrial sector, innovations in the legislation on waste management, approaches to their energy use and the impact of waste on the climate, closed-loop economy as a basis for achieving sustainable low-carbon development of Belarus, tasks and possible ways of transition to its principles in the management of MSW, experience in ensuring resource efficiency of production and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, recommendations for business entities on access to international carbon markets for offset climate projects, as well as experience and practice of public participation in making environmentally significant decisions.
