Russia at COP21: An Opportunity to Reengage with the West
... Cameron and India’s Narendra Modi. The attendance of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has recently been announced by France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and later confirmed by the Assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov. Hence, leaders of the four largest carbon-emitting states as well as leaders of the European Union, third ... ... the “last effective opportunity” to avert dangerous consequences arising from climate change. All eyes are now on COP21, which is the culmination of a lengthy and comprehensive diplomatic effort to draft a universal agreement that would replace the Kyoto Protocol. As costs of inaction, both environmental and financial, continue to mount, the conference in Paris is highly important....