Dmitry Medvedev instructed Yury Trutnev to finalise within three months the draft laws aimed at improving the environmental situation in the country, introducing environmental audits and economic incentives for the modernisation of production processes.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Fishery and Protecting Aquatic Biological Resources and to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

The conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted a package of decisions that essentially form an action plan for concluding a global agreement on reducing the manmade burden on the climate after 2012.

The G20 heads of state and government held a working session, focusing primarily on global economic issues, international trade, and climate change.

Dmitry Medvedev invited experts to the Kremlin to hear their views on the construction of the Moscow-St Petersburg motorway through the Khimki Forest, an issue that has raised great public concern.

Presidential Aide and Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Change Alexander Bedritsky took part in New York in the first meeting of the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Dmitry Medvedev announced during a working meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov that he has signed an executive order bringing the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) under direct subordination to the Government.

Dmitry Medvedev announced this decision in his blog. The President instructed the Government to suspend the implementation of the resolution on the motorway construction through the Khimki Forest and to conduct further public and expert discussions on the issue.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of Finland Tarja Halonen visited a scientific research centre on Seili Island in the Baltic Sea, near the city of Turku.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Academician Guri Marchuk on his 85^th birthday.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions issued following a meeting of the State Council Presidium on May 27, 2010 on improving the system of state environmental regulation.

New entry on Dmitry Medvedev's blog concerns environmental challenges.

This was announced by Dmitry Medvedev at a State Council Presidium meeting on reform of the state management in environmental protection.

The building is environmentally friendly and makes highly efficient use of solar energy.

In his remarks at the event, the President said that Nord Stream will make it possible to deliver an additional 55 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year to the European Union countries and represents a real contribution by Russia to Europe’s energy security.

Dmitry Medvedev held a Security Council meeting on preventing national security threats arising from global climate change.