August 27, 2025

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 547 dated 08/06/2025 "On reducing greenhouse gas emissions" instructed the Government of the Russian Federation to ensure by 2035 a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to 65-67 percent relative to 1990 levels. Emissions reduction should be ensured taking into account the maximum possible absorption capacity of forests and other natural ecological systems and subject to sustainable and balanced socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, its non-discriminatory access to equipment and technologies necessary to reduce (prevent) greenhouse gas emissions and (or) increase their absorption.

The decree was issued in order to implement the Paris Agreement of December 12, 2015 by the Russian Federation and comes into force from the date of its official publication.

The Paris Climate Agreement was adopted at the 21st session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in France. Its main goal is to keep the global average temperature rise well below 2°C and limit it to 1.5°C compared to pre—industrial levels.

In the fall of 2023, Putin approved Russia's new climate doctrine. The document lists five main objectives of the national climate policy, and its long-term goal is to achieve a balance between anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and their absorption by 2060.

It is proposed to solve climate problems "within the framework of a political process", taking into account national interests and priorities of socio-economic development.

According to the National Inventory of Anthropogenic Emissions, in 2021, Russia's total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 2.16 billion tons of CO2 equivalent excluding the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector and 1.7 billion tons including LULUCF (i.e. emissions minus absorption).

In 2024, the Institute of National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences recalculated the indicators. It turned out that the country's net greenhouse gas emissions are 34% lower than previously estimated.

Thus, achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 can be achieved with less investment and using less capital-intensive ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the study authors said.

Sources:

http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202508060001

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/06/08/2025/68933f989a794771d30def90