..., with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), held workshop on bilateral projects and initiatives in the sphere of ecology and energy, as well as the prospects for bilateral relations in the sphere of ecology and climate change. The workshop was organized within the framework of the sixth round of the project “A New Agenda for Russia–UK Relations”.
The goals of the meeting were to to discuss the interests of Russia and the UK on climate change, energy transition, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, to seek convergence of positions on key issues of the bilateral ...
... Risks, Secretary-General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security.
Interviewed by Tatyana Kanunnikova.
Can climate change be considered a security threat? If yes, why?
Sherri Goodman
Yes, it is a security threat. I coined the phrase ... ... rise and loss of freshwater. But no region is immune. Every part of the world is affected by climate change. The United States, Russia, China, and other large countries, such as India, parts of the Middle East, and South Asia, will be uninhabitable without ...
... and International Studies, Higher School of Economics; B. V. R. Punyawardena, Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Climate Change Adaptation, Government of Sri Lanka; and Fraddry D'Souza, Area Convener and Fellow at the Coastal Ecology & Marine Resources Centre, TERI Goa, India.
The second session focused on finding the solutions to the existing challenges ... ... Director General of the Meteorology Department of Sri Lanka; Konstantin Zgurovsky, Senior Advisor to the Marine Programme, WWF Russia; and Vinay Kumar Dadhwal, Director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and Professor (Indira Gandhi ...
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 goals finding their place in his annual Federal Assembly address and the new National Security Strategy ...
From rhetoric to action
On the 30th of November 2015 world leaders will gather in 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 ... ... 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 ...
