Business programme

Climate change is currently one of the top issues on the international agenda for negotiations. The environmental essence of climate change is closely interconnected with economics and politics. And whereas in the past such platforms as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the World Meteorological Organization were the primary ones focusing on this issue, now climate change issues are being discussed more and more as part of international economic processes, including at the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Labour Organization. The carbon market, which was launched based on the practices of the Kyoto Protocol and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is actively developing and needs international approaches to be harmonized for the turnover of carbon units to function and be transparent. There have long been discussions about the advisability of taking a unified approach (agreement) to ‘carbon prices’. However, in the modern world, this is extremely difficult to do without international trade, and there is a question of how the carbon regulation introduced by individual countries could affect the international trade chain, stability, and confidence in international trade. One of the key factors in reducing the manmade impact on the climate system is the energy transition. Significant investments are needed and financial flows need to be redistributed for it to be effectively implemented on a global scale. In addition to this tool for mitigating the impact on the global climate system, adaptation measures are also a major priority, particularly for vulnerable developing nations. This will also require the creation of a pool of targeted investment flows. Financial issues are expected to be the main agenda items at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Baku. What is the best way to develop approaches to investing in climate solutions, while balancing the economic component, as well as other equivalent sustainable development goals? Is this even possible? Or would it create an additional burden for the population of developed or developing nations?

Moderator
Sergey Rybakov, General Director, Foundation “Nature and People”

Sergey Rybakov

General Director, Foundation “Nature and People”

Panellists
Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Tatyana Valovaya, Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva
Vuk Jeremic, President, Sixty-Seventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Lidia Mikheeva, Secretary, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation; Chair of the Council (Head), Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev
Ramon Pichs-Madruga, Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Director, Senior Researcher, Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM)
Maksim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Elena Shmeleva, Chairman of the Board, Sirius Federal Territory; Head, Talent and Success Foundation

Mukhtar Babayev

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Tatyana Valovaya

Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva

Born April, 11, 1958, in Moscow.
Graduated from Moscow financial institute, faculty of the international economic relations.Member of the Board (Minister) at the Eurasian Economic Commission, responsible for the development of the integration and macroeconomics.
The main objective of the Eurasian Economic Commission (permanent regulatory body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) is to ensure functioning and development of the EAEU, to prepare proposals for its further integration.Prior to her cabinet appointment (from the period of October 2001 till February 2012) Tatiana Valovaya was the Head of the Department of the International Cooperation of the Government of the Russian Federation.
From 1989 to 1994 – member of the Permanent Mission of the USSRand the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union (Bruxelles), responsible for economic and monetary affaires. Later Valovaya hold different positions in the Ministries of the Russian Federation, in Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. Ph.D. in Economics, professor of the Financial University (Moscow).
Author of numerous publications on international economic relations, regional economic and monetary integration, economics, and history of Europe and Eurasia.
Fluent in English and French.
Since August 2019, he has been the Director General of the UN Office in Geneva.

Vuk Jeremic

President, Sixty-Seventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Lidia Mikheeva

Secretary, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation; Chair of the Council (Head), Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev

Ramon Pichs-Madruga

Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Director, Senior Researcher, Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM)

Maksim Reshetnikov

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born on July 11, 1979, in Perm.
2000 — graduated from Perm State University by the major Mathematical Economist.
2002 — acquired the speciality of Translating Language Expert.
2000 - 2005 — Head of the Budget Revenue and Expenses Planning Department, Head of the Regional Finance and Investment Department, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Economy of the Perm Region Administration.
2005 - 2007 — First Deputy Chairman of the Planning Department of the Perm Region, First Deputy Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.
2007 - 2009 — Deputy Director of the Inter-Budget Relations Department, Director of the Department for Monitoring and Evaluating Effectiveness of State Governments of the Russian Federation of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation.
2009 — Head of the Perm Territory Governor Administration.
2009 - 2010 — Director of the Department for State Administration, Regional Development and Local Self-Government of the Government of the Russian Federation.
2010 - 2011 — First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Moscow City Mayor and Government.
2012 - 2017 — Minister of the Moscow City Government, Head of Department for Economic Policy and Development of Moscow city.
09.2017 - 01.2020 — Governor of the Perm Territory.
Since January 21, 2020 — Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Awarded the Letter of Acknowledgement of the President of the Russian Federation and Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation.
PhD in Economics.

Simon Stiell

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Elena Shmeleva

Chairman of the Board, Sirius Federal Territory; Head, Talent and Success Foundation

Education
Saint-Petersburg State University (SpBU), Sociology department (1995), Candidate of Sociological Sciences (2005).
Experience
1993-1999 - Research Institute for Complex Social Studies, Saint-Petersburg State University;
1999-2006 – Director of the research agency, Director of the Russian branch of Media Tenor International, international media research institute;
2006-2007 – Expert at The Center for Strategic Research Foundation, Head of Analytical department at General Executive Committee of the «United Russia» political party;
2007-2011 – Head of the Journalism department, Saint-Petersburg State University;
2011-2014 – Vice President of the «Sistema» Charity Fund;
2012-2014 – Head of «Lift to the Future», non-profit partnership for promotion of intellectual and creative potential of the youth;
2012-2014 – Acting Dean of Higher School of Management and Innovation of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Author of two monographs and 32 scientific articles;
Since 2015 – Head of Educational Foundation «Talent and Success», Member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Science and Education.