The Russian government has issued a decree requiring the country to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 65–67% of 1990 levels by 2035, taking into account the carbon absorption capacity of Russia’s vast forests. The new target would limit GHG emissions to 2-2.1 GtCO2eq by 2035, which would be roughly 22% higher than the 1.7 GtCO2eq Russia reported in 2021, according to UN data.
In its NDC, Russia had set a target to cut GHG emissions to 70% of 1990 levels (peak of 3.1 GtCO2eq) by 2030, also factoring in the maximum possible absorptive capacity of forests, corresponding to a target of 2.2 GtCO2eq by 2030.
In 2023, GHG emissions were estimated to be 14% below 1990 levels, at around 2.67 GtCO2eq, according to Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) estimates. Russia has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060 and is a signatory to the Paris Agreement.
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