... Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by 2020, the increase in global average temperature compared to the pre-industrial era (1850-1900) reached 1.1 degrees Celsius. However, climate change mitigation measures currently pledged by nations are insufficient to maintain the rise in the global temperature within the limits set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
BRICS countries play a crucial role in global climate policy. Even before its expansion, the association ...
... Russia’s chairmanship included: issues of a just transition, adaptation to climate change, natural solutions, carbon markets and carbon pricing. Initiatives to share experience in the development of carbon markets and implementation of adaptation measures, as well as a proposal to foster scientific climate cooperation sparked considerable interest.
The discussion of climate agenda within BRICS already has a certain background. With its proposal, Russia took an important step towards institutionalizing ...
RIAC and ECSSR Policy Brief # 48 / 2023
RIAC and ECSSR Policy Brief # 48 / 2023
The world is currently undergoing a period of high turbulence in the political, economic, and climate spheres. Caused by numerous factors, including those directly affecting the interests of Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the prospects for developing cooperation between the two countries in various fields, particularly, in the energy sector,...
... on Climate Change (COP-27) is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh. Egypt hosting the World Climate Summit is a landmark event in the recent history of this country. In addition, this is an excellent opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures taken by the Egyptian government to protect the environment, as well as build a green economy.
The Egyptian economy is facing various challenges, including peculiarities surrounding agricultural development, demographic issues, threats to food security,...
Working Paper No. 63
Working Paper No. 63
Cooperation in the energy sector is one of the most important facets of Russian foreign policy. Interaction in this area helps to develop mutually beneficial trade relations and ensure the energy security of Russia and its partners. Energy cooperation between Russia and Turkey has been comprehensive and strategic in recent years. This working paper contains an analysis of the current state and prospects of this cooperation. It examines in detail the role...
... (GHG) emissions based on individual targets. The Convention was therefore initially backed by the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and further by the Paris Agreement of 2015, legally binding the 196 participating countries to limit the increase of global temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius, as compared to pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement compelled every signatory to submit plans for climate mitigation by 2020, defined as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which are a set of binding guidelines ...
... pricing system would be wise for the energy systems to see better adaptability
In September–October 2021, more than 20 of China’s provinces, autonomous regions and direct-administered municipalities (hereinafter provinces) had to face power failures. In most regions, they affected industrial enterprises and commercial organizations.
Restrictions were imposed
on the use of air conditioning and outdoor lighting. In Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang—China’s north-eastern provinces—
blackouts
...
... record highs in Europe over the past few weeks, and analysts from Europe expecting the factors that drive these prices to persist in the coming weeks.
Many in European political circles would like to believe it is the Russian Gazprom that is ultimately responsible for what has been going on, claiming that its alleged reluctance to supply gas to the European market has sparked the events that caused prices for natural gas to increase fourfold and prices for electricity to double in 2021. However, the ...
... the point where Russia has begun to
dispute
the idea of it being part of the European civilization, and identity issues are increasingly becoming a cause for mutual grievances and misunderstandings [
1
]. Looking from Russia, one often gets the impression that some EU states, particularly those in Eastern Europe, are engaged in a contest for the best new interpretation of the history of World War II and the relations between the peoples of the former USSR, trying to find new grounds for distancing ...
... EU states, is not inclined to politicize economic cooperation
Russia has put forward various assessments of the European Green Deal approved by the European Union in 2019, marking the intensive stage of energy transition. Some experts prefer to stress that developing green energy in the EU is another step in putting an end to energy dependence on Russia and the unstable states of the Middle East as well as a way to build up the EU’s competitive edge by making more efficient use of resources,...
