On October 18–21, 2021, Sochi hosts the 18th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Global Shake-Up in the 21st Century: The Individual, Values, and the State”. The topic of the fourth session, which took place on October 20, 2021, was “The Environment: Russia’s Response to a Common Challenge”. Ruslan Edelgeriev, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation; Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues; Sergey Gulev, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Head of Sea-Air Interaction and Climate Laboratory (SAIL), Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences (IORAS); Andrey Guryev, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC PhosAgro, Member of the Board of Directors of PJSC PhosAgro; Oleg Kharkhordin, Professor, Political Science Department, European University at Saint Petersburg; Chairman of the Board, EUSP Endowment Fund; Yakov Kuzyakov, Head of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems Department, Agricultural Soil Science Department, Georg August University of Göttingen (Germany), participated. The session was moderated by Ryan Chilcote, Special Correspondent, PBS NewsHour (UK).