On January 24, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion on the environmental agenda and the results of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Yakov Kuzyakov, Head of the Departments of Soil Science and Agricultural Soil Science, the University of Göttingen (Germany); Igor Makarov, Head of the Department of World Economy, Head of the Laboratory for the Economics of Climate Change, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Elena Maslova, Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Studies and Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Francine Mestrum, President of the Global Social Justice NGO, Member of the Board of Directors of CETRI (Centre Tricontinental, Belgium), participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.