UN Summit on Climate Change in Paris – Destined to Fail or Succeed?

... of the issues to be discussed in Paris. Main elements of a Paris package REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Alina Yablokova: Russia at COP21: An Opportunity to Reengage with the West At this point, there is no clarity on a legal form of a Paris outcome. The formal ... ... reduction commitments. Russia for instance took advantage of the Joint Implementation scheme which provided investments into energy efficiency, renewables and other low-carbon options. In a new agreement, market mechanisms prove to be difficult to define ...