On July 30, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) and Asian Confluence (India) hosted a trilateral expert dialogue titled “Impact of Climate Change on Marine and Fresh Water Resources and Combating Water Pollution”
On July 30, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) and Asian Confluence (India) hosted a trilateral ...
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 ...
... United States today run far deeper than ever before. Both the future of the U.S. and the wider global political architecture will largely depend on how Biden tackles those issues.
The new President has put the fight against Covid-19, domestic politics, climate change and the restoration of U.S. leadership in the world at the top of his to-do list. But it is quite clear that the country has a litany of ailments that extend far beyond these issues. Biden’s main challenge on the domestic front will be ...
... reductions in sanctions and continued cooperation can foster a snowball effect. This, in turn, could sow the seeds needed for a better future relationship between the U.S. and Russia that is both peaceful and productive for themselves and the world.
Tackle Climate Change
Aleksey Arbatov:
Arms Control Is to Be Maintained and Invigorated at All Costs
In contrast with the previous and incoming administrations, the Trump administration did not view climate change the same. During Trump’s first year in office,...
... off-world emptiness. As one commentator suggested, the bushfires were like some relentless, hellish creature stalking Australians from all directions.
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Meantime, the season of horror and catastrophe has brought renewed momentum to the country’s climate change debates. These are strongly politicised debates. With at least a thirty-year history, they have ranged from the baneful nonsense of the Far Right’s outright climate change denial; to a hesitant, ill-informed scepticism about the limits ...
Crisis of the state system, Economic and financial disorder, the rise of non-state actors, climate change, migrations, decline of international institutions
1. Crisis of the state system.
In coming years, we are likely to see a continuous crisis of the traditional state system, particularly in such places as the MENA region, sub-Saharan ...
The fires of climate change are upon us. Our beautiful bush will never be the same again. Don’t say we were not warned
Suddenly, sickeningly, the consequences of climate change have hit gentle, populated South-Eastern Australia. All up and down the usually well-watered ...
... two generations. At the same time, however, against the background of a generally unfavorable picture in the MENA region, there are some real success stories that deserve special attention.
1. Scarce Natural Resources: Water, Food and the Effects of Climate Change
By 2025, environmental degradation in the region, coupled with demographic growth (to well above 500 million people in the region) will lead to a serious deterioration in the quality of life, which, in turn, will have major political, ...
Nuclear power is an energy source that could help to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
reduce the scale of climate change
by replacing carbon intensive coal and gas-fired power stations. However, with the production of nuclear energy comes the production of nuclear waste. The waste is produced by a wide variety of processes and can be stored in many different ...
... conditions, and hitherto unheard-of high temperatures in that part of the earth's surface.'' The story ran in the Monthly Weather Review... in November 1922. Since those days we learnt a lot about the environment, started using the term anthropogenic climate change, and increased the total measured yearly CO2 emission s tenfold – from 3100 Mt to 32,000 Mt. Carbon dioxide and global warming The scientific community has walked its own climate change road: from disbelief and scepticism to heated ...
