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Vadim Kuznetsov
SDG 7 Youth Ambassador in Russia

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Vadim is studying at MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia at the Faculty of Management and Politics in the field of international relations and is a laureate of the personal scholarship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

He is actively involved in public activities in the international field. In the years 2021-2022 Vadim is the official representative of SDG 7 for the Europe region from the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth. Together with his colleagues at the BRICS Youth Energy Agency (YEA BRICS), he is engaged in the development of youth energy cooperation for sustainable development, including the preparation of the framework document «BRICS Youth Energy Compact» in anticipation of the UN High Level Dialogue on Energy.

In 2020-2022 Vadim also participates in the programme of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe as a youth delegate from the Russian Federation. Between October 2020 and May 2021 Vadim was a member of the working group on energy and sustainable development within the Franco-Russian Dialogue on Climate Change of the Trianon Dialogue.