Russia lagging dangerously on climate agenda, greenhouse gas law already obsolete - climate envoy
ST. PETERSBURG. June 4 (Interfax) - Russia is lagging dangerously behind on the climate agenda and the law on greenhouse gases that it is now passing is already obsolete, the Russian president s climate envoy, Ruslan Edelgeriyev said at the Low-carbon Development and Climate Policy session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday.
Deputy Economic Development Minister Ilya Torosov said at the session that Russia has already prepared carbon regulation. The law on restricting greenhouse gases was passed in the second and third readings this week, it is now in the Federation Council, he said.
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"I will not tell you," the President said in reply to a question from moderator at a plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum