The order states that federal executive authorities shall be guided by the provisions of the Strategy in the development and implementation of sectoral strategic planning documents, state programs (subprograms) of the Russian Federation and other strategic planning documents.&nbsp;Federal executive authorities should also ensure that development and mitigation measures are included in the programs of activities of such enterprises, and by March 30, 2022 send updated programs of activities of federal state unitary enterprises in the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

This decree approves a new version of the country's national security strategy (attached to the decree's text). The Russian government has been acknowledging in its security strategy the threats deriving from climate change since 2015 (decree 683/2015, repealed by this document).&nbsp; This strategy notably states that climate change is used as a pretext by the world community "for restricting the access of Russian companies to export markets, curbing the development of Russian industry, establishing control over transport routes, and preventing Russia from developing the Arctic."&nbsp; In article 25.6, the strategy states that among Russia's national interests and strategic priorities are&nbsp;environmental protection, conservation of natural resources and rational use of natural resources, adaptation to climate change.

<div>This order aims at implementing paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 of the annex to the national action plan for the first stage of adaptation to climate change for the period up to 2022, approved by order of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 25, 2019 N 3183-r (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2020, N 1, article 115). The recommendations are intended for an unlimited circle of people when assessing climate risks for territories (including natural objects) and the population, economic and other activities (including infrastructure), as well as for sectors of the economy, including the estimated costs of eliminating the consequences of climate change or preventing their impact (taking advantage of them). The recommendations contain a unified approach to organising and conducting climate risk assessments and are based on the following principles:</div><ul><li>the staging and consistency of the climate risk assessment process, which implies regular updating of the methodological approaches used and their addition with new ones;</li><li>a differentiated approach that takes into account the natural-climatic, socio-economic and technological specifics of climate risks in various sectors (spheres) of the economy and regions;</li><li>comprehensive assessment of climate risks, which involves taking into account preventive (proactive) and post-crisis adaptation, as well as adaptation to direct (real and expected) and indirect consequences of climate change for the population, environment, infrastructure and economy;</li><li>harmonisation and integration of climate risk assessment at the territorial and sectoral levels;</li><li>monitoring and forecasting the level of climate risks in the regional and sectoral contexts.</li></ul>

This document sets the governmental vision to develop the production and use of hydrogen in the country. The plan specifies that the country needs to change the structure of demand for energy resources, including via a replacement of hydrocarbons by other types of energy resources.

The original strategy, approved until 2030, wasaimed at increasing domestic oil and gas production. The main goal of the first stage is to eliminate the impact of the on-going economic crisis on the energy sector and pave the way for post-crisis development. The second stage will focus on improving energy efficiency. By the end of the third stage, Russia was expected to have switched to highly efficient use of traditional energy and stand ready for transition to alternative energy. &nbsp;It was <a href="http://government.ru/en/docs/39847/">updated</a> in 2020 by the Energy Strategy of Russia to 2035.&nbsp;

This law defines the basis for the legal regulation of relations in the field of economic and other activities that are accompanied by greenhouse gas emissions and are carried out in Russia. The purpose of this Federal Law is to create conditions for sustainable and balanced development of Russia while reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions. The document notably sets the legal framework for 1) mandatory carbon reporting that is due to start in 2023 for the most polluting companies and 2) carbon offsetting schemes.

The Law establishes basic principles to regulate energy consumption to increase its efficiency and encourage energy saving, and provides for various amendments to existing legislation (on technical regulation, housing, town planning, taxation, etc.) to enforce energy-saving rules.

The Law calls for a number of follow-up implementing by-laws. Various sub-laws to the 2009 Energy Efficiency legislation further define the tasks and responsibilities. Under the Law, all energy resources produced, transmitted, and consumed are subject to compulsory accounting by virtue of the respective meters.

The Law contains energy efficiency rules for circulation of goods (energy efficiency classification of goods, labelling, prohibition of non-efficient incandescent bulbs etc.). It establishes a general rule that buildings and other structures should meet applicable energy efficiency requirements both when being commissioned and during their subsequent operation. State construction supervisory authorities shall assign energy efficiency classes to apartment buildings.

The Law sets the conditions for voluntary or mandatory energy audits and encourages energy-saving technologies including, but not limited to, the use of secondary energy resources and renewable energy sources.

State programmes aimed at energy savings and energy efficiency increases are expected to set such targets as the number of facilities relying on secondary energy resources or renewable energy sources for their energy supplies.

Instruments: Tax incentives include investment tax credits of up to 30% for companies investing in energy efficiency technologies, accelerated depreciation of high energy efficiency assets or sites and partial compensation of interest on loans granted by Russian banks for the purpose of investing in energy saving and increased energy efficiency technologies.

Seventeen Decrees of application will be adopted by the government (covering such issues as energy efficiency requirements for goods, including electric bulbs, buildings and constructions, energy efficiency classes of goods and apartment buildings, requirements for public procurements, requirements for regional and municipal programmes in the sphere of EE1, etc.).

Submission by the Russian Federation on the inputs referred to in paragraph 19 of decision 19/CMA.1 in relation to the Global Stocktake, Submission to the Global Stocktake from Russia in 2023

Strategy of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation with low greenhouse gas emissions until 2050, Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy from Russia in 2022

Russian Federation. 2022 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Russia in 2022

Russian Federation. 2021 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Russia in 2021

Russian Federation First NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution,Adaptation Communication from Russia in 2020

Federal Law No. 296-FZ On limiting greenhouse gas emissions

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