Policy Brief # 56 / 2024
Policy Brief # 56 / 2024
Climate change is identified in Russia’s Climate Doctrine as “one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century,” a statement that is hard to disagree with. Scientists around the world have agreed that anthropogenic factors play a key role in this process through greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by 2020, the increase in global average temperature...
Interview with Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize
Turkey is among non-regional actors in the Arctic. Though the country hasn’t published an Arctic strategy as a separate official document, it still has the vision, interests and goals in the region, as well as a well-established Polar science and research program. Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize, Türkiye, highlights Turkey’s Arctic and Polar...
Interview with Dr Jawahar Vishnu Bhagwat
The development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is currently one of Russia’s key strategic projects for the Arctic region. Given its scale and significance, developing the NSR also requires expanding international cooperation and participation in the project. Russia has been actively attracting Indian partners to find areas where the two can work together to expand the project. On July 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Moscow, resulting in a...
The climatic agenda is not just another “sphere” of interaction, but a reflection of the agreements reached during the dialogue on other relevant issues
In April 2024, Russia announced its proposals for the BRICS Contact Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. The priorities for the year of 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...
The Three Poles project has very real prospects to become a kind of “integrator” and “driver” of BRICS for the foreseeable future
The concept of ‘Three Poles of the Cold’ (or simply the Three Poles) has not yet received an unambiguous interpretation among the students of political science. For some, mainly climatologists and glaciologists [
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] from the Greater Himalayan region, this is all about only one Pole of the Cold, i.e. the Himalayas. These scientists are mainly interested in the factors...
Interview with professor D Suba Chandran
India has a well-developed Antarctic program, and the country is a relatively new actor in the Arctic. It received an Observer status in the Arctic Council in 2013, published its official Arctic Policy in 2022. India’s interest to the Polar region is growing.
Does India have enough experience and expertise to conduct research and projects in the Arctic? What are the core drivers for India’s activity in the region? Does the country’s public and academic community...
The South-South cooperation model together with BRICS enlargement could lead to significant improvements in the sphere of sustainability
Prior to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, several attempts, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change have been welcomed by the international community, aiming to avoid the irreversible effects of climate change. Despite the ambitious objectives of the signed agreements and preceding cooperation...
How will the world look in 2050? The truth is unknown to all. However, intuitively, it could be assumed that the upcoming transformation of finance and technologies will be unprecedented. It will definitely have an impact on all areas of economic activity. The development of global Yin-markets and “anarchic” areas of the economy will considerably reduce governments’ real influence. Humanity will rethink the role of international institutions and mechanisms that have evolved over decades, if not centuries...
India recognises the value of having different forums to advocate its Arctic issues
It is hard not to notice the growing activity of non-Arctic states in the Arctic region. Over the past 10 years, since China, Japan, India, Singapore and South Korea were granted observer status in the Arctic Council in 2013, the discourse regarding the burgeoning involvement of Asian countries in the region has undergone a transformation—from discussing the initially cautious acceptance of this growing interest...
For digitalization’s “engine” to run safely and smoothly, it needs greener “oil”
Digitalization accompanies and drives modern human development. It has led to a huge boom in the volume of available information and its streamlining. Additionally, it has led to increasing the speed of decision-making, and simplified means of communication amid decreasing business travel intensity, and the volume of resources required for traditional correspondence. Additionally, new digital technologies can
mitigate...
