... jobs, but the reality is that the projects will require expensive public investments. The French strategy of establishing a highly self-sufficient energy grid based on nuclear power has also political consequences. Advocating for an energy-independent European Union is powerful and tempting at the same time, but risks overlooking the importance of maintaining stable and functioning relations with fuel-exporting rich countries.
Nuclear Power as a Reliable Energy Source for the Russian Climate Targets
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The main question is whether the CBAM will push companies producing abroad to invest in greener manufacturing policies
In July 2021, the European Commission (EC) announced the launch of the Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism, the CBAM. It was presented as a climate measure in support of the EU’s ambitious environmental goals, namely achieving the target to cut its carbon emissions by 55% - if compared with the 1990 levels—by 2030. The CBAM has been received with controversies since the beginning...
... Underpinning the Ongoing Nuclear Renaissance
European leadership
. The different rounds of negotiations and discussions during COP26 were marked by a lack of European leadership, which was denounced by prominent political figures. From the perspective of the European Union, this year’s edition of the COP should have been an opportunity to showcase a strong leadership, convincing the world that strengthening the commitments within the Paris Agreement must go hand in hand with a green global recovery. The ...
... devaluing of common values has directly resulted in
disassembling common spaces
, including people-to-people contacts. Today, the never-implemented idea of a visa-free regime is exacerbated by a number of scandals with Russian spies penetrating into the European Union as well as by borders closures on account of the pandemic. It is far more difficult to enter the European Union today than it was five years ago. Yet, free movement of people who carry ideas and values is the key means of communication ...
... including first of all hydrogen of any type which Russia can supply to the EU and to the entire Eurasia.
What are the challenges and opportunities in the relations between Russia and the EU, as well as Russian and European businesses in the field of ecology and climate?
If the European Green Deal is transformed into an Eurasian Green Deal, this will open up huge prospects for cooperation between the European Union and Russia, its main ally in combating a common global enemy, which is climate change.
Should Russia aspire to achieve carbon-neutral economy, and how?
Considering the national interests and specifics, it is definitely worth it. Moving ...
... Affairs Council (RIAC) together with CREON Group held a seminar on the topic "Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere".
The discussion focused on the challenges and prospects of relations between Russia and the European Union in the field of ecology and how the European Border Carbon Mechanism (CBAM) might affect the European and Russian economies.
The seminar participants included diplomats, experts and researchers from academic institutions, as well as business representatives. Opening ...
Divergent opinions are no crucial obstacle to environmental cooperation between the parties. Russia can benefit from the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal approved by the EU in 2019 is an economic development strategy for decoupling and for carbon neutrality by 2050 [
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]. The plan is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. In pursuit of this policy, the EU is setting the goals of increasing resource use efficiency and of advancing toward a circular economy, restoring...
... April 16, 2021, at 12:00 (MSK), Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and CREON Group company will hold a seminar on the topic “Prospects for cooperation between Russia and the EU in the ecology sphere”.
Cooperation between Russia and the European Union in ecology and sustainable development field is one of the promising areas of bilateral relations. For Russia and Russian companies, this opens up prospects in the EU energy market and access to technologies for waste processing and production of renewable ...
Does Russia’s relative stability imply that Moscow will be by default the proactive side in its relationship with the European Union?
One of the many complicating factors in EU-Russia relations is the asynchrony of their respective political cycles. The European Union has already entered a period of fundamental political and institutional changes, while the Russian ...
... and with the leading European centrist parties.
The Greens finished second in the polls in Germany and third in France. They also achieved noticeable successes in Finland, Portugal, Irefland, and even the United Kingdom, which will soon be leaving the European Union. As a result, the Greens became the fourth largest faction in the European Parliament. Unlike the right-wing populists, they are a very close-knit and highly purposeful group. There is every reason to believe that their rise will not stop ...
