Russia at COP21: An Opportunity to Reengage with the West

... Paris to forge a new international climate change agreement. The goal of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) taking place in the French capital is to reach a universal commitment to maintain the global increase in average temperature ... ... prominence as a national security threat in a number of countries, including the European Union, the United States, Japan. The Russian government has also officially acknowledged the threat of global warming to the country’s security despite a lack ...