Kyiv is the only CIS city to have been inscribed into the TOP 30 European Green City List represented during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

The List is a unique investigation of the environmental sustainability of 30 main cities in 30 European countries, by the results their achievements in environmental and climate protection. It was developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and written in collaboration with Siemens, the Siemens Ukraine press-service has reported.

The investigation included such categories: CO2 emissions; energy; construction; transportation; water; air quality; waste and land use; and environmental governance.

Copenhagen was titled the 'greenest' major city in Europe, followed by Stockholm, Oslo, Vienna, and Amsterdam. And Kyiv goes the 30th.

As it was reported, over the last years Kyiv has been decreasing its urban plantation and as of 2008 about 16 m2 fell on one Kyiv resident. This figure, however, is nevertheless higher than many European cities have.