The World Wildlife Foundation has welcomed a Russian climate doctrine signed by the president earlier on Thursday.
WWF Russia noted the document's importance in light of the ongoing UN climate change conference in Denmark.
Russian Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev earlier said the doctrine on government measures focuses on energy efficiency.
Alexei Kokorin, the head of WWF Russia's climate program, said: "the educational measures in the doctrine need to be immediately implemented."
"It is extremely difficult for people to understand the real state of affairs, to distinguish between short-term man-induced effects and long-term natural effects. It is sad that the media organizes totally unfounded discussions on the causes of climate change, when we are already at the next stage - formulating measures," he said.
On Monday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced that Russia would restrict its greenhouse gas emissions to 25% of 1990 levels by 2020.
The president wrote on his blog that Russia could prevent the release of 30 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year by enhancing its energy and environmental efficiency through economic modernization, based on energy-saving technology and the development of renewable energy sources.
Medvedev will attend a meeting of heads of state and government on Thursday in Copenhagen, where the UN climate change conference has been underway since December 7.
MOSCOW, December 17 (RIA Novosti)
