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Rosneft commences the development of a forest climate project
17 June 2022Rosneft and Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical University named after S.M. Kirov (SPbSFTU) signed an agreement of cooperation at the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to develop a forest climate project in the Krasnoyarsk Region. The document states that the researchers are to develop a set of forest management activities with a total potential of 10 million tons of CO2-equivalent.
This project, initiated by the Company jointly with the government of the Krasnoyarsk Region to unlock the potential of natural absorption of greenhouse gas, received the approval of the President of the Russian Federation.
Pursuant to the agreement, SPbSFTU specialists will review the international standards and world best practices for the forest climate projects and develop recommendations for their implementation in the Krasnoyarsk Region, including projects associated with reforestation, afforestation, protection and conservation of high conservation value forests, etc.
Key components of the Company's long-term environmental agenda include the Rosneft-2030 Strategy: Reliable Energy and Global Energy Transition. One of the top priorities of the new strategy is carbon footprint reduction. The Company set a goal to achieve net carbon neutrality (Scope 1 and 2) by 2050. The Rosneft-2030 Strategy also sets out short- and mid-term horizons for the climate agenda: 5% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 2025; methane intensity reduction to less than 0.2% by 2030; over 25% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions (versus 2020 level) by 2035.
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SPBSFTU is the leading research & methodology center of the higher forestry educational institutions in Russia and the forest competence center. In 2021, the Company and the University signed an agreement on cooperation in research and innovation.
A climate project is a set of actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions or increasing their absorption. Climate project deliverables are carbon units, i.e. the number of avoided or absorbed emissions expressed in tons of CO2-equivalent.
Rosneft traditionally pays special attention to reforestation. The Company and its subsidiaries planted about 9.3 mln transplants of various tree species in 2021. The forest is a natural absorber of greenhouse gases and an effective decarbonization tool.
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17 June 2022
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