Russia is certainly now taking climate-related issues seriously, but even though a latecomer in embracing the climate change agenda, it will not simply accept the West’s or the EU’s lead
Russia is certainly now taking climate-related issues seriously, but even though a latecomer in embracing the climate change agenda, it will not simply accept the West’s or the EU’s lead. Rather, it will act in accordance with its national interests.
At the COP26 UN climate change summit that ended last week, Russia...
Going into overtime has become a habit at Climate Change Conferences—at COP26, the outcome showed that significant disputes remained on the last day of the Conference over money and the speed of emissions cuts
After being delayed for a year due to the pandemic, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) finally took place from 31 October to 12 November 2021. This high-level political event came with high expectations, given the fact that the world is currently not on track to deliver...
On September 21, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) held workshop (chatham house format) on green agenda approaches and energy transition. The workshop was organized within the framework of the sixth round of the project “A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations”
On September 21, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Third...
... Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics; B. V. R. Punyawardena, Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Climate Change Adaptation, Government of Sri Lanka; and Fraddry D'Souza, Area Convener and Fellow at the Coastal Ecology & Marine Resources Centre, TERI Goa, India.
The second session focused on finding the solutions to the existing challenges and identifying most valuable national practices. Sarath Premalal, Retired Director General of the Meteorology Department ...
For Russia, the challenge is not only to adapt to the inevitable contraction of the hydrocarbon market and to diversify its economy but also to seize the opportunities to do business in other countries and regions
Since 2014, the devolution of the U.S.–Russia relations has been characterized by four interrelated processes. The first and most important is the
devaluation of common values
and the build-up of a confrontation of beliefs and ideas. It has got to the point where Russia has begun to...
The roundtable is to take place on July 30, 2021, at 14.00 (Moscow time) via Zoom. The working language is English
Today, when the impact of environmental problems and climate change is felt in most regions of the world, the green issues have climbed up the global agenda. Russia has followed the “green trend” as well, with Vladimir Putin taking part in the Leaders’ Summit on Climate 2021 and sustainable development goals finding their place in his annual Federal Assembly address and the new National...
... Chairman of the Board of Directors of CREON Group and RIAC member
On April 16, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and CREON Group hosted an international expert seminar on “
Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere
”. Diplomats, experts, academics, and business operatives debated the European “Green Deal”, its risks and opportunities for the relations between Russia and the EU, as well as the impact of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ...
... being prioritized.
At the macro level the main platform for the implementation of the ESG agenda in Russia resides in the National projects, whose key components may be associated with the respective elements of the ESG framework. In particular, the ecology project corresponds to the “Environment” element, projects such as demographics, education and health-care pertain to the “Social” category, while the digital economy component may be associated with the potential to improve “Governance” ...
A platform for cooperation between sovereign wealth funds would encourage the G20 states to strengthen their economic cooperation, bolster mutual interests, improve multilateralism, and develop opportunities for their SWFs
A platform for cooperation between sovereign wealth funds would encourage the G20 states to strengthen their economic cooperation, bolster mutual interests, improve multilateralism, and develop opportunities for their SWFs, writes Valdai Club Programme Director
Yaroslav Lissovolik...
On April 16, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with CREON Group held a seminar on the topic "Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere"
On April 16, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with CREON Group held a seminar on the topic "Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere".
The discussion focused ...
