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Greenhouse gas emissions by Russia are mostly from fossil gas, oil and coal. Russia emits 2[1]: 17 or 3[2] billion tonnes CO2eq of greenhouse gases each year; about 4% of world emissions.[3][4] Annual carbon dioxide emissions alone are about 12 tons per person, more than double the world average.[5] Cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore air pollution in Russia, would have health benefits greater than the cost.[6] The country is the world's biggest methane emitter,[7] and 4 billion dollars worth of methane was estimated to leak in 2019/20.[8]
Russia's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 30% between 1990 and 2018, excluding emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF).[9] Russia's goal is to reach net zero by 2060, but its energy strategy to 2035 is mostly about burning more fossil fuels.[10][11] Reporting military emissions is voluntary and, as of 2024, no data is available since before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[12]