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Source: Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) – Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) –
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As part of the forum "Islands of Sustainable Development: Climate Aspect", a meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation Commission on "Investments" was held on August 2, 2025.
The meeting was attended by representatives of federal and regional executive authorities, businesses and the expert community. They discussed the results of the Sakhalin experiment to achieve carbon neutrality, as well as key issues of low-carbon development. "The climate agenda is increasingly influencing the investment agenda: development of the business environment, attracting financing, promoting the finished product. The main thing now is to understand how to additionally support the work on the climate by regions and enterprises. To agree on which direction to move in and how to fine-tune the adopted regulation for this. Another priority task is the development of the carbon market through international projects and programs, bilateral cooperation with friendly countries," said Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov.
"One of the values of the Sakhalin experiment is the participants themselves, their competencies and experience, which can already at this stage be formalized into a set of proposals for improving approaches and methods at specific enterprises, in industries, and in the region as a whole. It is no less important to study the current state of affairs in other regions of the Russian Federation. Now our common task is to move from experimental to systemic practice," said Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko.
Maxim Reshetnikov noted the importance of maintaining the high quality of Russian carbon units. To do this, it is necessary to improve the verification system so that it operates effectively for all industries and projects in the country.
Dmitry Volvach, Head of the Federal Accreditation Service: "As of today, greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies have verified 68 climate projects for compliance with the stated requirements. More than 91 million carbon units are planned to be released within the framework of registered projects. Another important area of Rosaccreditation's work is the recognition of Russian validation and verification bodies in the international arena. Currently, joint work is underway with the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation to expand the accreditation criteria for validation and verification bodies in accordance with the requirements of ICAO CORSIA."
In order for regions to be more actively involved in the climate agenda, the minister proposed creating a special service for regions and issuing methodological recommendations for compiling regional inventories of greenhouse gas emissions. It is important for regions to clearly understand, in terms of enterprises and industries, who emits greenhouse gases and who absorbs them.
"Yakutia is actively involved in the climate agenda. The Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) adopted a decree "On the environmental well-being of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)", within the framework of which the Yakut Arctic Scientific Center, together with the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and the Lomonosov Moscow State University, is working to determine the carbon balance of the republic and develop a Concept for achieving carbon neutrality. Yakutia is ready to form a regulatory framework and is considering the possibility of participating in a climate experiment," said Borisov Dzhulustan, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
"The carbon market in Russia is developing with the active participation of business, which is clearly demonstrated by the experience of the Sakhalin climate experiment, and the first exchange transactions, and the climate initiatives of the RUSAL company. The key task today is to ensure a balance between the demand and supply of carbon assets, stimulate voluntary commitments of companies, participation in international climate initiatives and support for natural and climate projects. It is equally important to clearly distinguish between carbon units (CU) and quota fulfillment units (CFU) in order to maintain the motivation of business to invest in low-carbon solutions and projects with a long-term effect," summed up Irina Bakhtina, Director of Sustainable Development at RUSAL and EN.
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