Business programme

By combining their efforts in the fight against climate change, the EAEU, SCO, and BRICS could play a key role in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement: the member states of these international organizations account for more than half of the global population (3.9 billion people), roughly 50.5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and almost one third of global GDP. Having adopted ambitious plans for the decarbonization of their national economies, most countries of the EAEU, SCO, and BRICS are leery about abandoning fossil fuels or introducing carbon infrastructure: only Kazakhstan and China have national emission quota trading systems, and South Africa has a carbon tax, where the thresholds per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent do not exceed USD 10. The global trend of economy decarbonization is helping to harmonize the priorities of business and national governments. Development strategies for production and supply chains are being drafted taking into account the global goals of the Paris Agreement and national plans to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change. Commensurate approaches and the pace of carbon regulation among EAEU, SCO, and BRICS member states will make it possible to build a global carbon regulation system based on an equitable energy transition, including transition technologies, and comply with the principles of the multilateral trading system and technological neutrality. For the EAEU, the convergence of approaches to climate regulation is a long-term priority. As part of this process, it is absolutely crucial for the EAEU to find a balance in the climate and economic interests of its member states with the association’s main trading partners. Another key priority is to avoid tariff and non-tariff barriers associated with climate regulation. How can we ensure a balance between climate and economic priorities, and also avoid barriers in international trade and cooperation? Will market-based carbon pricing mechanisms help achieve climate goals in the SCO, EAEU, and BRICS countries, and what is a fair price for carbon?

Moderator
Andrey Slepnev, Member of the Board, Minister in Charge of Trade, Eurasian Economic Commission

Andrey Slepnev

Member of the Board, Minister in Charge of Trade, Eurasian Economic Commission

Born September 13, 1969 in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region.
2005–2007: Head of the Presidential Experts’ Directorate
2007–2009: Deputy Minister of Agriculture
2009–2011: Member of the Trade Panel (Minister) of the Eurasian Economic Commission
February 26 – July, 2016: Assistant to the Prime Minister
July 5, 2016: appointed Deputy Head of the Government’s Executive Office and Director of the Projects Department of the Government of the Russian Federation. From May 2018 to February 2020, he was the CEO of JSC Russian Export Center. On March 2 2020 Andrey Slepnev took office as a member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Panellists
Maria Bagreeva, Deputy Mayor of Moscow; Head, Department of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow
Vladimir Ilichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Elena Myakotnikova, Member of the Executive Committee, Director of Sustainable Development, RUSAL
Alexander Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Kishor Rajhansa, Chief Operations Officer, Global Carbon Council
Vyacheslav Fetisov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Chairman, Russian Society for Nature Conservation (VOOP)
Ruslan Edelgeriyev, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation; Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues

Maria Bagreeva

Deputy Mayor of Moscow; Head, Department of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow

Vladimir Ilichev

Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Elena Myakotnikova

Member of the Executive Committee, Director of Sustainable Development, RUSAL

Born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Territory.
She graduated from Ordzhonikidze State Management Academy in “Global Economics”.
1993–1995: Finance Director, AOZT Salvis.
1995–2000: Various posts at Arthur Andersen / Ernst and Young.
2000–2009: Financial controller, head of internal audit, Finance Director, Sonic Duo (MegaFon Moscow).
2009–2010: Vice-President of Finance, OOO Holding Company Rosgosstrakh.
2010–2012: Worked for AFK Sistema (Executive Vice-President for finance and investments at OAO AFK Sistema, Deputy General Director, head of finance, investments, and economics at OAO RTI).
2012: Adviser to the Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management.
2013–2017: Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management.
She holds the Russian Federation Civil Service grade rank of Third Class Active State Adviser of the Russian Federation.
Since April 25, 2017: Corporate Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

Alexander Pankin

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Responsible for issues related to Eurasian integration and economic cooperation.
Born in 1963.
1985: graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fluent in English and Hungarian.
Since 1985: gained extensive experience working both in the Ministry’s central office and abroad.
2001-2005: Senior Adviser with Russia’s Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva.
2005-2010: Deputy Director of the Department of International Organisations at the Foreign Ministry.
2010-2014: First Deputy Director of Russia’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York.
2014-2017: Director of the Department of International Organisations at the Foreign Ministry.
Since 2016: member of the Foreign Ministry Collegium.
Since October 2017: Deputy Foreign Minister.
Awards: letters of acknowledgement from the President and the Government of the Russian Federation and departmental awards.
Holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, First Class (conferred on August 15, 2013).
Married, with a daughter.

Kishor Rajhansa

Chief Operations Officer, Global Carbon Council

Kishor Rajhansa is a climate change, energy, and sustainability leader with professional experience of 28 years in leadership positions in multi-national advisory, multilateral regulatory, and government organizations.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial Engineer and degrees of Master of Technology in Energy Management and an MBA in Finance. He is also a certified climate and renewable energy finance expert from Frankfurt School of Management.
Currently, Kishor is working as Chief Operations Officer at Global Carbon Council, Doha, Qatar. He is primarily responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and operationalizing the Global Carbon Council, a CORSIA and ICROA-approved GHG Program. He has been the acting member of the expert panel responsible for climate mitigation standards of UNFCCC (CDM Methodologies Panel) since 2017, and the member on the roster of experts for methodologies and climate policy for Article 6.4 Supervisory Body of UNFCCC.
Prior to taking his current role at the Global Carbon Council, he worked for 10 years at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Germany as Team Leader and Project Manager of the Standards Setting Unit. He was involved as UNFCCC focal point in intergovernmental negotiations between UNFCCC Parties.
He also worked for the multi-national advisory firm Ernst & Young India as a Manager, offering services in energy management, climate change, and sustainability. In earlier years he served as a lead agency of the India-European Commission Energy Cooperation Programme as an Energy Engineer.

Vyacheslav Fetisov

Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Chairman, Russian Society for Nature Conservation (VOOP)

Viacheslav Alexandrovich “Slava” Fetisov is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman and coach who earned two Stanley Cups during his time as a player and one as coach with the NHL. He also earned two Olympic gold medals, one silver and one bronze during his hockey career as both a player for the Soviet national team and as manager for the Russian national team. Slava is a currently an acting member of the State Duma of Russia—one of the two bodies that make up the Russian Federal Assembly. After the 2002 Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered him the position as Minister of Sport, a post he held until 2008. Fetisov has become passionate about polar conservation and was a formidable advocate on behalf of the Ross Sea within Russia with a commitment to work for long-term protections through a network of marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean. In 2018 he was appointed UN Environment Patron for Polar Regions.

Ruslan Edelgeriyev

Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation; Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues

Born on December 4 1974, in Tsentoroi, Shalinsky District, Chechen-Ingush ASSR

2001: Graduated from Krasnodar Law Institute under the Interior Ministry, with a degree in Jurisprudence

2010: Graduated from Chechen State University, with a degree in Production Technology and Agricultural Products Processing

2014: Graduated from Kuban State Agricultural University, with a degree in Horticulture

1992–1994: Service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

1994–2004: Service in the law enforcement system

2007–2008: First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic

2008–2012: Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic and Minister of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic

2012–2018: Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic

2018 June 22 – present: Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation


Married, has six children.

Front row participants
Ekaterina Salugina-Sorokovaya, First Vice President, Gazprombank
Sergey Storchak, Senior Banker, VEB.RF

Ekaterina Salugina-Sorokovaya

First Vice President, Gazprombank

In 2006, Ekaterina graduated from the Law Faculty of the State University – Higher School of Economics.
Since 2006, she has worked in the Presidential State-Legal Directorate.
In 2014, she was appointed to the position of Adviser to the President of the Federal Notary Chamber on legislative work.
In 2015, she joined the State Corporation Deposit Insurance Agency as Deputy Director of the Department of Public Relations.
In 2016, she took the position of General Director of the International and Comparative Law Research Center.
In November 2017, she assumed the duties of the Acting Director of the Department for Financial and Bank Operations and Investment Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
In February 2018, she was appointed Director of the Department for Financial and Bank Operations and Investment Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
From February 2019 to March 2020 she was Director of the Department of Regulatory Policy of the Government of the Russian Federation.
From April 2020 to April 2021, she served as Director of the Department of International Law and Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
Since April 2021 — General Director of the International and Comparative Law Research Center.
Ph.D. in Law.

Sergey Storchak

Senior Banker, VEB.RF

Date of birth: June 8, 1954.
Place of birth: Olevsk, Zhitomir Region, Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic.
Education: graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1981.
Major: international economic relations.
Qualification: international currency and credit relations.
Degrees: PhD in Economics.
Awards and merits:
2000: Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, II class, medal.
2006: Honorable mention by the President of the Russian Federation.
2007: Order of Friendship.
Command of foreign languages: fluent in English and French.
Background:
09.1971 – 10.1972: shipper, Krasnodar refinery.
11.1972 – 11.1974: served in the Soviet Army.
01.1975 – 08.1976: transport operator, II category, Construction Department, Glavmospromstroy’s Enterprise 207: Mosstroy 29.
09.1976 – 07.1981: studied in Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
08.1981 – 11.1988: junior research associate and senior research associate, Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
12.1988 – 02.1992: Second Secretary, USSR Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations, USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
02.1992 – 08.1994: Second Secretary and Senior Officer, Russia’s Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
08.1994 – 04.1998: Deputy Head of Foreign credit and Debt Division, Head of Department, Ministry of Finance.
04.1998 – 09.2004: Deputy Chairman, Vnesheconombank of the USSR.
09.2004 – 10.2005: Director, Department of International Financial Relations, State Debt and State Financial Assets, Ministry of Finance.
2005 – 2020: Deputy Minister of Finance.