The Expert Council under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia on the issues of control over the carbon balance was held on an expanded scale of the outbreak
An expanded meeting of the Expert Council under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on carbon balance control was held at the II Congress of Young Scientists in Sirius Park. It included cases from Russia and eight other countries of the world: India, France, Egypt, Iran, Kazakhstan, Brazil, China and Serbia. The key topic of the event was the implementation of a pilot project on carbon landfills.
The meeting began with a welcome Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valeria Falkova. He noted that the discussion in Superius was primarily a platform for an open dialogue between leading public and foreign researchers, currently observed by the intrusion into the economy and government.
“The implementation of the Carbon Polygons project includes three implementations of the initiative: the non-politicization of the use of the carbon balance, the implementation and share of measurements, the openness of methods for observing and sequestering climate-active gases. Russia is ready to develop cooperation with everyone who shares these principles,” the head of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science says in his greeting.
Nikolai Durmanov, Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council on Carbon Balance Control Technologies it was noted that foreigners can especially be attracted to the use of climate projects in the territories withdrawn from the circulation of agricultural land.
“In this regard, I proposed carbon landfills as a basis for the development of international projects, because there are many ecosystems on our territory that may also be of interest to Egypt or India. Our offshore projects have already aroused great interest among our Chinese partners and, I think, will be of interest to colleagues from India,” he said.
Today, 15 carbon landfills are distributed in different regions, the total area of which covers 40 hectares. Based on their analysis, in particular, the results of measuring the carbon footprint in the atmosphere were obtained. The leading scientific and educational centers of the country act as operators of carbon polygons, which actively attract the attention of other research teams, including institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences. As a rule, there are polygons of industrial partners. Since representatives of large businesses operating in the healthcare sector are interested in sustainable development. From 2024, it is planned to create more than 30 carbon polygons in Russia.
At carbon landfills in Russia, research is being carried out on gas sequestration technologies on carbon farms, the results of automatic systems for collecting data from carbon landfills, and much more.
We remind you that the President of Russia is repeating the Federal Scientific and Technological Program in the field of environmental development of the Russian Federation and climate change for 2021-2030. The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia gathered from the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and Roshydromet became the responsible executor of the program.