OREANDA-NEWS. Ukraine means to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses by at least 20% by 2020, First Deputy Natural Environment Minister Sviatoslav Kurulenko told a press conference into "Topical problems of the mining-metallurgical complex development", reported the Official website www.kmu.gov.ua.

As he noted, Ukrainian metallurgical producers are actively interested in the Kyoto Protocol. As of this date, the Natural Environment Ministry has already issued 74 supporting and 11 approval letters. The general cost of the projects, which are presently being developed within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol is some 3.2bn. EUR.