The report prepared by the Center for Strategic Research in cooperation with the Analytical Center of FEC of REA of the Ministry of Energy of Russia and the Situation Center (GC Seldon) examines the issues of the climate agenda, analyzes the key trends of the global climate agenda and evaluates the challenges that these trends pose to the Russian economy.

This issue of Open to the World, a special edition produced by the Russian Convention Bureau (RCB), describes recent trends in sustainable territorial development, enumerates actions to be done in order to preserve the environment, and tells the readers about ecological projects and green technologies in Russia. Also, in this publication the Russian Convention Bureau introduces regional passports, a new product that it has developed, and presents a summary of the passport of Kamchatka Territory as an example.

The collapse in the price of crude oil is putting immediate and severe financial pressure on producers that are heavily dependent on revenues from exports. None of the OPEC states balanced their budgets at below $50/barrel in 2019, with a number requiring more than twice that amount.

This publication by the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation provides an overview of resources, extraction, processing, domestic consumption, and exports of oil, natural gas, coal, petrochemical products, and electricity, gives infographics, and analyzes the investment climate in these sectors in Russia over the last decade.