Brief on Climate Policies. Kazakhstan
The ICLRC held a closed meeting of the Climate Club on the climate agenda of the EAEU countries.
To mark this event, the ICLRC’s experts summarized an experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan on climate regulation. The brief on climate policies (in Russian) is prepared on the basis of open sources and contains concise information about the main regulatory acts and mechanisms of the climate policy in Kazakhstan.
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Education: — Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Department of World Economy and International Business (postgraduate); — Moscow State Law University (2020-2021); — Universite Grenoble Alpes, Management of organizations within the framework of international cooperation (2019-2020); — Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, International Financial Market: Strategies and Technologies (Master’s degree. 2018-2020); — Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Monetary and credit relations (bachelor’s degree. 2014-2018); — Beijing Central University of Finance and Economics (2016-2017). Since 2018 till 2020 she worked as a chief economist in the Department of Strategic Development of the Financial Market in the Bank of Russia. Since 2020 till 2022 she was a chief expert in the Financial Technology Department in the Bank of Russia. Since April 2022 to present — Senior expert analyst for Financial Market Development and International Projects at the International and Comparative Law Research Center. Anastasia coordinates the analysis and preparation of projects in the direction of financial market development, including import substitution in Russia, digital transformation, development of climate regulation and implementation of ESG principles. She participates in events on the topics of the Center's work.
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In 2019-2022, Anton Tsvetov supervised the work with the organizations of the UN and the Group of Twenty in the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. He was engaged in negotiations on sustainable development and climate change issues, including the issue of carbon markets (Art. 6 of the Paris Agreement). He also worked on the presentation of the first Russian Voluntary National Review of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the UN. Prior to joining the civil service, Anton worked in research centers, working out policy recommendations in the field of international relations and global development, specifically in the Center of Strategic Research (CSR) and in the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). He is the author of more than 100 publications in Russian and foreign scientific journals, as well as in analytical media and mass media. An alumnus of international leadership development programs in Germany, India and the US.
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Mr. Sitnikov has specialized in supporting climate projects, consulting on carbon markets, carbon trading and ESG since 2004. Sergey was actively involved in the work on the Russian federal and regional carbon regulations. In 2022 he participated in the work of the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh). Mr. Sitnikov advised, among other things, major Russian and international companies on the implementation of climate projects in Russia and abroad, as well as the regulator on various issues of climate regulation. Since 2014 Sergey Sitnikov has been annually recognized by independent international and Russian legal ratings as a leading lawyer in the "Environmental Law" field. Since 2008 till 2019 Mr. Sitnikov acted as a Visiting Professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relationship (MGIMO), International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, with his course of lectures related to various energy and carbon regulation issues. Sergey Sitnikov is the author and co-author of a number of scientific researches and books, including: - The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016; - Civil Law Regulation of Oil Transportation by Pipelines: Acute Issues, YusticInform, Moscow, 2012; - Climate Change Liability. Transnational Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2012; - Energy Law in Russia and Germany. Comparative Law Research, Yurist publishing group, Moscow, 2011; - Trading In Air: Mitigating Climate Change Through the Carbon Markets, Infotropic Media, Moscow, 2010 and of numerous practice-oriented articles on carbon regulation and ESG, including: - “Implementation of climate projects in the field of waste management”, TBO. Waste Management Scientific Journal, April, 2023; - “Road map of the ESG-strategy. How to start a company transformation”, Corporate Lawyer Journal, February, 2023; - “Carbon regulation in Russia: origins and peculiarities.”, The Eurasian Scientific Journal, 14(6): 44ECVN622. Available at: https://esj.today/PDF/44ECVN622.pdf; - “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”, Industry Ecology Journal, November, 2021; - “20 Steps on the Way to ESG-Transformation”, Industry Ecology Journal, December, 2021; - “Emission trading scheme as an alternative to the modern system of normatives”, Industry Ecology Journal, August 2016; - “New Procedure for Joint Implementation Projects in Russia”, Thomson Reuters Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide, December 2011; - “Money Out of Thin Air”, RBCC Bulletin, Issue 2, March 2010; - “Russia's new JI rules could break logjam”, “Point Carbon”, November 2009; - “Who Owes Whom? Legal Schemes of JI Projects' Implementation in Russia: Analysis and Recommendations”, Mirovaya Energetika No.1, 2008; - “Investors Get the Green Light”, Mirovaya Energetika, No.8, 2007; - “The potential for generating and selling Voluntary Emission Reductions in associated oil gas projects”, Oil, Gas & Law, No.6, 2007; - “Keys to the Carbon Transactions”, Delovoi Ekologicheski Journal, No.2, 2007; - “Agreement for Transportation of Oil by Pipeline: Theories and Practice of Drafting and Usage”, Oil, Gas & Law, No.4, 2007; - “Pledge of Oil, Transported through System of Pipelines”, Pravo I Ekonomika, #3, 2007; - “Pledge of Oil Transported by Pipelines,” The Oil, Gas and Law Journal, 2005, No.1; - “Civil Law Aspects of the Transportation of Oil Using Pipelines,” The Oil, Gas and Law Journal, 2004, No.4.