The rise in greenhouse gas emissions is the biggest risk to the country’s economy.

The expert is confident that the country should switch to low-carbon development in order to maintain the competitiveness of Russian products. “If our partners abroad are globally reducing emissions in their country, then, unfortunately, in our country, these emissions are growing.” He also called the fight against increased emissions as a condition for Russia’s entry into new international markets.

Russian President Putin called in the future to make the air in the country cleaner than in Europe. “Over the next 30 years, the accumulated volume of net greenhouse gas emissions in Russia should be less than in the EU,” the head of state said earlier.