... the first report dedicated to the consequences of
the Paris agreement
. The Mitchells’ report offers a well-structured explication of the consequences the agreement will have for two interconnected sectors which are of particular significance for Russia’s economy.
The leading countries’ goals
Paris Mismatches. The Impact of the COP21
Climate Change Negotiations on the Oil and
Gas Industries
.
Chatham House Research Paper, August 2016
The principal “mismatch” of the agreement is between the declared goals to restrict temperature increases and the scale of measures the countries ...
A response to “Unraveling the Enigma: Western Expert Community Seeks to Explain Russian Policy” by Dr. Igor Istomin
Climate change and environmental disasters are already challenging the traditional paradigms of constructivism, liberalism and realism. With respect to Dr. Istomin, Ukraine is the least of our worries. Climate action demands a new call for international ...
... communities, including those who generally oppose each other, there is a common, unwritten rule that the best security is quiet, silent. You don’t see it, feel it or hear it. This view was confirmed recently by Sergey Ivanov, chief of staff for Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin, responding to questions from the international online media platform “RT.”
France is an example and it is using nuclear diplomacy to increase its global footprint. France derives around 87 percent ...
... for resource exploration and transportation in the thawing Arctic, new lands for agriculture and less fuel needed for district heating in winter. Available expert analyses however paint a different picture:
Roshydromet concluded that the majority of climate change impacts in Russia will be negative
for economy development and public health, because the benefits mentioned above come alongside with an increase of extreme weather and climate events like droughts, floods and heat waves, damage to infrastructure and communications ...
