Russia (bbabo.net), - Four specialized organizations will be able to attest to the accuracy of companies' information on the emission of greenhouse gases by their plants and factories, as well as on carbon sequestration through the implementation of climate projects. This was reported by the press service of the Federal Accreditation Agency. Ten more applications are pending with the department.

Russia must achieve carbon neutrality - that is, achieve carbon absorption in the same volume as industry, transport, housing and communal services and other sectors of the economy. However, some regions can commit themselves to achieving these indicators earlier. For example, on Sakhalin they set out to equalize emissions and removals by the end of 2025.

Now emissions on the island are 12.3 million tons of carbon equivalent per year, absorption is 11.1 million tons, said Governor of the Sakhalin Region Valery Limarenko. That is, we need to equalize 1.2 million tons of excess emissions. A reduction of 0.8 million tons per year will be undertaken by the regional government: it will develop renewable energy, lay gas pipelines, and deal with landfills. Another 0.4 million tons will cut business. Quotas will be set for 21 organizations with the maximum emissions.

Any region can join the Sakhalin experiment to achieve carbon neutrality, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development said. The government supported the bill proposed by the ministry. Earlier it was reported that the Kaliningrad and Irkutsk regions, the Khabarovsk Territory, as well as Bashkiria are ready to join the experiment.

In addition to introducing and using new technologies that increase productivity and reduce emissions, climate projects are also aimed at achieving carbon neutrality. Companies are selling them at their own expense, ensuring the "utilization" of the same amount of greenhouse gases that they emitted into the atmosphere. The bodies for validation and verification of greenhouse gases will check the compliance of these volumes. Based on their findings, companies that succeed in sequestering carbon will be credited with carbon credits. They will be able to sell this "currency" to their less environmentally friendly colleagues, so that they also equalize their performance and go to zero.

Aspen has the greatest ability to absorb carbon dioxide from trees growing in Russia, Roslesinforg experts found out when conducting a state inventory of domestic forests. For a year, one hectare of trees of this species relieves the atmosphere of 3.6 tons of carbon dioxide. Birch is in second place - 3.3 tons of CO2 per year, in third place is oak (3.2 tons of CO2 per year). These tree species occupy about 30% of the country's forest fund.

Conifers also absorb carbon well, but they are noticeably inferior in this to deciduous ones, added in Roslesinforge. For a hectare of pine, the annual rate is 2.4 tons of CO2, spruce and fir - 2 tons of CO2, cedar and larch - 1.8 tons of CO2.

According to the data of the state forest inventory, the total timber stock in Russia is estimated at 112 billion cubic meters, and the absorption of CO2 at 1.6 billion tons.

However, in order for the absorption by the forest to count towards the country and companies, the forest must be maintained, explained the head of the Federal Forestry Agency Ivan Sovetnikov. That is, there must be people who monitor its condition, protect it from fires, remove rotting fallen trunks and take care of young trees. According to Sovetnikov, 19 billion rubles are needed for the complete transfer of reserve forests, where there is neither a forester nor a lumberjack, into maintained ones. These investments can be made by domestic companies as part of their climate projects aimed at achieving carbon neutrality.

“I really believe in climate projects,” said the head of Rosleskhoz. “Forest is the best absorber. The cheapest, most efficient, most productive. Five to seven years will pass and climate projects in the forest will become the main ways of storing carbon. And the first signs are already there. : Rusal has launched a very promising forest fire project and its aluminum is now green. "

Five more large companies are already ready to implement something similar, added Sovetnikov. Now Rosleskhoz selects the most important projects that should be entrusted to them in the first place.

This year, 10% of the reserve forests should go into the category of maintained forests. While we are talking about sites in Yakutia, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk and the regions of the Far East.

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