Vasily Yablokov
CAN EECCA Board member
Russia, Greenpeace
Russia, Greenpeace
Biography
Head of the “Climate and Energy” department in the Russian Greenpeace, author of the “Green Deal for Russia” program and the rating of the openness of Russian regions to low-carbon development.
He was engaged in raising awareness of the Russian audience about the climate crisis, its consequences, causes and solutions in the field of energy. Participated in COP26 in Glasgow and pushed for increased Russian ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He also worked on the problems of air pollution, the greening of transport and the solution of environmental conflicts in urban development. He studied and worked as a researcher at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov and in the Kronotsky Reserve in Kamchatka, TED speaker.