German ambassador complains of shit at Mirusha Falls

Water, air quality, waste management and energy efficiency are the four main pillars of the campaign. Improving the environment is one of the main steps for Kosovo in the European integration process.

Ricardo Serry, chief of European Department, Economic and Integration, said the environmental campaign aims to raise the level of awareness among Kosovo's population for environmental protection and to challenge the idea that environmental protection is only in the responsibility of Kosovo institutions.

While the Climma Diplomacy Week is an EU commitment to climate change, initiated by the European Foreign Action Service and as an annual event held worldwide.

The Climate Diplomacy Week programme focuses on raising awareness of climate change, easing negative trends, climate change in Kosovo as part of the wider geographical area. Didier Chamber, France's ambassador to Kosovo, has said that Kosovo is also influenced by climate change, so Kosovo authorities have to inform EU climate policies since it is on its integration path.

While, Germany's ambassador to Kosovo on this occasion, Christian Held, said Kosovo still has work to raise awareness of the environment.

“85 percent of the energy is produced from coal-fired thermal power plants, and a large percentage of the population use heating wood, which leads to air pollution. Illegal forest cuts in Kosovo, predict that if this continues without effective supervision, until 2030 there will be no more forests. Hundreds of natural rivers without environmental protection. Yesterday I met at the Mirusha Falls clean environment, with bottles of plastic left by visitors”, Heldt said.

Igor Soltes MP to the European Parliament through a video message has said climate change affects air pollution, so according to him, Kosovo is important to implement EU climate change laws.