Should Russia do more about climate change?
... climate change: nothing to do with me approach Russia is the fifth largest emitter of CO2 after China, United States, European Union and India. It is one of the biggest producers of fossil fuel and has vast areas of carbon sinks (forests which absorb CO2). Though Russia obviously holds a huge stake in climate change it played only a minor role in the negotiations. Russia's ratification of Kyoto Protocol was crucial to its success back in 2004, but last year President Putin allegedly only promised not to ...
25.01.2016