... the first report dedicated to the consequences of
the Paris agreement
. The Mitchells’ report offers a well-structured explication of the consequences the agreement will have for two interconnected sectors which are of particular significance for Russia’s economy.
The leading countries’ goals
Paris Mismatches. The Impact of the COP21
Climate Change Negotiations on the Oil and
Gas Industries
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Chatham House Research Paper, August 2016
The principal “mismatch” of the agreement is between the declared goals to restrict temperature increases and the scale of measures the countries ...
When the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) opened in Paris on 30 November newspaper headlines were hyping up the importance of the meeting presenting it as the last ... ... their pencils before two weeks of intense negotiations, lobbyists were making last minute calls. However, the atmosphere in Russia was different: though President Putin in his short speech stressed the economic cost of climate change and applauded Russia's ...
... Australia and Japan, among others. The country is a member of BRICS and is enjoying close ties with China. Moscow and Beijing have established a joint “development and climate change” working group ahead of the Paris summit. Therefore, at COP21 Russia is uncommonly positioned between the developed and developing countries and could potentially be a useful intermediary, simultaneously boosting its diplomatic prominence. Most disagreements in the climate negotiations indeed traditionally stem ...
