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5.27. Fisheries sector plays an important role in maintaining nutrition and food security of the Russian Federation, while ensuring conservation and rational use of aquatic biological resources.

5.29. In its fisheries policy, the Russian Federation aims to foster robust and resilient growth, following the principles of ensuring national food security, sustainable use of marine living resources, human resources development and minimization of negative environmental impact. In addition, the Russian Federation pays special attention to (...) preserving fish and fish products, promotion of zero waste, energy-saving (...).

10.1. Full-scale work is underway to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (hereinafter - the 2030 Agenda). All the SDGs are reflected in the main strategic and programme documents adopted in Russia. In 2020, at the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, Russia presented the Voluntary National Review of Russia's achievement of the SDGs. In 2020, the Expert Council on Sustainable Development was created, consisting of representatives of both the public and private sectors. The council discusses social and environmental aspects of doing business, as well as the contribution of the private sector to the achievement of the UN SDGs.

10.2. The implementation of the SDGs in the Russian Federation strictly adheres to the principle of balancing all three economic, social and environmental components of sustainable development. Russia strongly believes that the implementation of one SDG should not impede the realization of other SDGs.

10.3. Russia is convinced that trade policy, can also contribute to the implementation of the SDGs and, in confirmation of this, advocates for the early completion of negotiations on fisheries subsidies on conditions acceptable to all WTO Members.

10.4. Russia is committed to the multilateral approach in solving the problem of global warming and strongly supports international efforts in this direction; Russia is also developing its own climate legislation in full compliance with international environmental agreements and WTO rules.

10.5. The stance that the UNFCCC is the main platform for the development of new universal climate regulations lies at the core of the Russian Federation's policy. At the same time, trade policy and the WTO can and should contribute to these efforts, with the obligatory compliance to agreements under the UNFCCC including the Paris Agreement. Russia is convinced that the measures taken by the WTO Members, including unilateral ones, should not restrict trade, impede economic recovery after the pandemic and destabilize global markets.

10.6. Russia supports efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, each country has the right to independently choose the optimal model for the "green" transformation of the economy and production processes, as well as the pace, mechanisms and tools for achieving the climate goals. Russia advocates for the use of a wide range of measures to reduce emissions and reduce anthropogenic impact on the climate, such as increasing energy efficiency and energy saving measures, improvement of production processes, developing energy with low greenhouse gas emissions including renewable energy sources, increasing the efficiency of using ecosystems (including increasing their absorptive capacity), introducing new clean technologies, as well as the introduction of technologies for carbon capture, storage and removal from the atmosphere.

10.7. To this end, in August 2021, hydrogen energy development strategy was adopted. According to this strategy, the export potential of the Russian hydrogen is estimated to be 15-15.5 million tons by 2050. In August 2021, framework for the development of electric transport was also adopted. According to this framework, by 2030 Russia would be producing 217 thousand electric vehicles per year. The development of the appropriate charging and the other relevant infrastructure is also envisaged.

10.8. Formation of carbon regulation is considered to be an important area of work within the framework of achieving low–carbon development. In this regard, the Federal Law of 2 July 2021 No. 296-FZ "On limiting greenhouse gas emissions" was adopted. This regulatory act has introduced a requirement for the economic entities to provide mandatory reporting in the case of the annual gross emissions exceeding 150 thousand tons of CO2 e.q., up until 2025, and 50 thousand tons of CO2 e.q., starting from 2025. In addition, a basis for the implementation of voluntary climate projects and the respective circulation of carbon credits issued based on the results of such projects, is also being created.