The EU-funded Clima East project has presented the results of the almost year-long support it has provided to the government of Moldova to help implement EU legislation on industrial emissions trading and fuel quality. The project’s experts helped to transpose respective elements of the European acquis into Moldovan law. The Clima East experts’ recommendations and summary of findings were made public, IPN reports.

According to a press release of the EU Neighborhood Info Center, Clima East also offers opportunities to address the current challenges that Moldova faces in terms of monitoring and regulating the industrial emissions and quality of fuel with the help of international experts advising the Ministry of Environment, other relevant government ministries and organizations.

The Clima East project supports climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia. More specifically, it aims to foster improved climate change policies, strategies and market mechanisms more in line with the EU acquis in the partner countries, by supporting regional cooperation and improving access to information regarding EU climate change policies and acquis.