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Should Russia do more about climate change?

When the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) opened in Paris on 30 November newspaper headlines were hyping up the importance of the meeting presenting it as the last ... ... enough about the issue. Russia and climate change: nothing to do with me approach Russia is the fifth largest emitter of CO2 after China, United States, European Union and India. It is one of the biggest producers of fossil fuel and has vast areas ...

25.01.2016

Green Revolution needed

Stage lights have been switched off, the treaty has been signed and the last delegation has just left Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. The agreement has been called historical. And now it’s time to wonder: what’s next? Whether governments will be willing to commit on this treaty or not, it will be clear in a few years. And now what? According to the Financial Times, for instance, the British government doesn’t seem too concerned about the climate deal. Since this agreement has...

22.12.2015

On the Red Path

... their commitments are. According to the data collected by the Edgar research center, and shown in the table below, China is the biggest polluter, closely followed by the United States. These two countries together emitted more than 15 million kiloton of CO2 just in the year 2013. COP21 will end on December 11th. For the reasons explained above, its success or failure will affect our and future generations.

04.12.2015

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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