RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 666 of 2020 on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Title in national language: 
Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 04.11.2020 г. № 666 "О сокращении выбросов парниковых газов"
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2020
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Decree
Economic Sector: 
Industry, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Other
Issued by: 
President of the Russian Federation
Notes: 
No official English version available
Source: 
President of the Russian Federation (RU)
File: 
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 666 of 2020 (RU)
Overall Summary: 
The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 666 of 2020 on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions aims at ensuring by 2030 a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of up to 70 percent compared to 1990 levels.
Environment
GHG emissions reduction targets: 
1. To the Government of the Russian Federation: a) to ensure by 2030 a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70 percent compared to the 1990 level, taking into account the maximum possible absorbing capacity of forests and other ecosystems and subject to sustainable and balanced socio-economic development of the Russian Federation; [...]
Pollution control action plans: 
1. To the Government of the Russian Federation: [...] b) develop, taking into account the specifics of economic sectors, a Strategy for the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation with a low level of greenhouse gas emissions until 2050 and approve it; c) ensure the creation of conditions for the implementation of measures to reduce and prevent greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to increase the absorption of such gases.