Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev chaired the 28^th meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development under the Presidential Executive Office.

Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev held the 27th meeting of the Presidential Executive Office Inter-Agency Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Vladimir Putin met with Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev held the 25^th meeting of the Presidential Executive Office Inter-Agency Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev chaired the final meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the Presidential Executive Office.

Adviser to the President, Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev spoke at the Joint High-Level Segment of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), the 14th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 14) and the 1st Conference of Signatories to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1).

The 24th Session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held on December 2–14 in Katowice, Poland. The Russian delegation is led by Adviser to the President, Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev.

Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative for Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev chaired a planned meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Ruslan Edelgeriyev, Advisor to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues, chaired a regular meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the Presidential Executive Office.

The President signed the Executive Order On the Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues.

Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Alexander Bedritsky took part in the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development.

Presidential Adviser and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Alexander Bedritsky took part in presenting the report Global Climate and Soil Landscape in Russia: Assessment of Risks and Environmental-Economic Consequences of Land Degradation, Adaptive Systems and Rational Nature Management Technologies (Agriculture and Forestry Sectors).

Statement by Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Alexander Bedritsky for the 23rd UN Climate Change Conference (Bonn, Germany, November 6–17, 2017; abridged).

All-Russian Climate Week will be held as part of the Year of the Environment in accordance with a decision of the interdepartmental working group under the Presidential Executive Office on issues related to climate change and sustainable development.

The Presidential Executive Office’s Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development convened for a regular meeting.

Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Alexander Bedritsky spoke at the joint high-level segment of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 12^th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and 1^st Conference of the Parties to the Paris Agreement in Marrakesh.

The President signed the Federal Law On Amending the Federal Law on Environmental Protection, and Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Creating Green Parkland Belts.