Russia’s Sakhalin region has become the first in the country to set carbon quotas, the latest step in its goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2025. In light of President Vladimir Putin's 2021 announcement of Russia’s aim to reach climate neutrality by 2060, Sakhalin has emerged as a testing ground for mechanisms that could pave the way for a carbon-neutral economy first locally and eventually nationwide. “The quotas mark another step in establishing a carbon regulation framework in our country, albeit currently limited to one region,” Milena Milich, the special representative of the Sakhalin region governor on climate and sustainable development, told The Moscow Times.