Climate Change. Russia Country Paper

In this article we will explain the impact of climate change on the Russian economy, people's health and welfare, and its policy, with an international commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and adaptation to the new environment in view. When developing Russia's national climate change policy, it is necessary to forecast the expected impacts of climate change on various natural and domestic economic sectors, especially on weak human and social systems against climate change in the permanently frozen areas It is important to evaluate sex. Although the overall energy demand of Russia is greatly reduced and may benefit the national economy, the indigenous communities which are generally melting, the Russian climate change exacerbates the environmental, economic and social problems further He emphasized that it is an important pressure. To address the challenges of climate change, it is necessary to design and adopt specific mitigation and adaptation measures, climate change warning systems, response to natural disasters and sudden ecosystem changes. In addition, Russia should play a constructive role in international climate change efforts.

In the climate negotiations in Paris, President Putin stated that climate change is "one of the most serious challenges facing mankind", but "for northern countries like Russia it is 2-3 degrees It is not too bad to add. " Russian political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky said Putin believes that global warming is a "fraudulent act of restricting the industrial development of some countries, including Russia." I did not treat the climate crisis in an emergency sense

At the same time Russia signed the Paris Agreement, the Putin government took little action to reduce domestic emissions. Russian current climate policy will raise the temperature of the Earth by more than 5 degrees Celsius - at least three times higher than the goal of climate scientists, according to research published by Nature Science Journal last month. In August of this year Malcolm Turnbull resigned as Prime Minister in Australia. He tried to limit its carbon emissions and fulfill its promises under the Paris Agreement. Scott Morrison on his behalf promised to keep these promises, but he showed little how the country does. At the same time, according to government data released in September, Australia's carbon emissions are increasing.