In 1983, Mr. Yulkin graduated from the Economic Faculty of the Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov with diploma in "Economic Cybernetics"; in 1992-1993, he took a 2-year training course of project analysis in the World Bank Institute in Washington, DC (USA).
In 1998-1999, Mr. Yulkin participated as a task leader in charge of carbon projects methodology and pipe-line development in the Russian Strategy Study on Climate Change, supported by the World Bank and other international donors.
In 1999-2021, Mr. Yulkin initiated and led the non-commercial Environmental Investment Center in Archangel city (Far North Russia).
In 2007-2008, Mr. Yulkin was working as Director for JI projects, and later – for policy and strategy at the Russian branch of Camco International, a carbon asset management company listed on London Stock Exchange (AIM).
In 2009, he took a position of Managing Director at CCGS LLC, a Russian-Dutch consulting company established to help Russian industries design and implement GHG emission reduction projects and switch to low carbon development route.
In 2019, Mr. Yulkin launched his own consulting company CarbonLab LLC which focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation, including climate change risks and opportunities evaluation, reporting and management. In 2021, he took over CCGS LLC and merged it with CarbonLab.
In 2017, Mr. Yulkin started teaching Modern Climate Policy at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) and giving training courses on carbon accounting and climate change management to corporate clients.
In 2018, Mr. Yulkin wrote a book “Low Carbon Development: from Theory to Practice” which happened to be the first publication in the Russian language where the concept and consequences of the world’s transition to low carbon development are explored. He is also well known for his numerous articles and interviews on climate change and GHG regulation in the Russian and international media.
In 2009-2018, Mr. Yulkin was the Head of the Working Group on Climate Change and GHG Management at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, in 2014-2018 – deputy Chairman, Head of the Expert (Advisory) Council of the Interregional Working Group for Russian Barents (Euro-Arctic) Region Climate Strategy Development, since 2013 – a member of the Interdepartmental Working Group under the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation on Climate Change and Sustainable Development; since 2016 — member of the Working Group on the implementation of a pilot project aimed at GHG emissions reduction in Moscow, since 2018 – member of the Commission on the Economy of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Russia), since 2021 — member of the Working Subgroup on GHG Regulation and Carbon Trading at the Bank of Russia, since 2022 — member of the Working Group (Project office) for the implementation of an experiment in the Sakhalin Region on GHG emissions regulation aimed at achieving carbon neutrality (net zero) goal set by the region.