World climate agenda: economic challenges for Russia from the European Union implementation of carbon tax

The article examines the situation that may arise after the introduction by the European Union from 2021 of a border carbon tax on imports, which is part of the global climate policy to reduce CO2emissions. According to the authors, Russia is not ready for such a quick introduction of such a taxand the country may lose from 3.5-6 billion euros (in the initial stages) to 50.6 billion by 2030. The main measures to mitigate such consequences should be the adoption of unified state methods for calculating the absorption capacity of forests and the carbon footprint, the accelerated formation of a carbon market with the possibility of selling forest projects, and the adoption of a targeted strategy for the low-carbon development of the Russian economy.