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Source: Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) – Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) –
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The President of the Russian Federation approved a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which will form the basis for Russia’s new nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement.
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change sets out the commitments of signatory countries to create and implement national plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as strategies for transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The Agreement was adopted at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2015. Currently, 198 countries, including Russia, are parties to this international treaty. Each of the countries participating in the Paris Agreement has committed to intensifying efforts to combat climate change in the context of sustainable development, including by keeping the increase in global average temperature within 1.5-2 °C above pre-industrial levels.
Under the Paris Agreement, countries are also required to develop a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – a national action plan to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change that contributes to achieving the global goals of the Paris Agreement.
In their NDCs, countries set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change. The first NDC of the Russian Federation was presented to the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2020. It provided for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to 70% relative to the 1990 level by 2030. The indicator was determined taking into account the need for sustainable socio-economic development and maximum consideration of the absorption capacity of forests and other natural ecosystems.
The target of 65-67% of the 1990 level for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 set today exceeds the previous one and will form the basis for the preparation of the new NDC of the Russian Federation, which will be presented before the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will be held from 11 to 22 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil.
"When calculating the new target indicator for NDC, we used data from the Russian Climate Monitoring System. At the first stage of the project, a global climate model, a regional climate forecasting model, monitoring networks, and tools for assessing the socio-economic effects of climate change and decarbonization were created. During the project, highly accurate climate change forecasts were generated, and models of the economic and climate effects of future emission reduction measures were created," said Maxim Kolesnikov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia. "In addition, Russia has significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the development of energy-efficient technologies, as well as through measures to increase the absorption capacity of Russian ecosystems."
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