The expansion in the Northern direction offered the nation a variety of unique opportunities, but it also created numerous challenges that other Europeans never confronted
Russia is a distinctly Nordic country. Its Arctic coastline stretches for twenty-four thousand kilometers, and almost two thirds of Russia’s territory is covered by permafrost. Among all Arctic states, Russia has by far the most numerous resident communities ...
... goals in the region, as well as a well-established Polar science and research program. Rabia Kalfaoglu, Assistant Professor of IR at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University in Rize, Türkiye, highlights Turkey’s Arctic and Polar policy and cooperation with Russia ai the region.
What are Turkey’s interests and priorities in the Arctic? Does Turkey reflect its Arctic strategy in any official document?
The Future of the Arctic Council. RIAC Report
Evaluating Turkey's interests in the Arctic from multiple ...
Interview with Dr Jawahar Vishnu Bhagwat
The development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is currently one of Russia’s key strategic projects for the Arctic region. Given its scale and significance, developing the NSR also requires expanding international cooperation and participation in the project. Russia has been actively attracting Indian partners to find ...
The climatic agenda is not just another “sphere” of interaction, but a reflection of the agreements reached during the dialogue on other relevant issues
In April 2024, Russia announced its proposals for the BRICS Contact Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. The priorities for the year of Russia’s chairmanship included: issues of a just transition, adaptation to climate change, natural solutions, carbon ...
... Himalayas and Tibet in solving the existing bi- and multilateral problems in this region.
The Future of the Arctic Council. RIAC Report
To clear up a certain mess in this diversity of interpretations and understand what practical benefits can be derived for Russia from the discussions around the Three Poles, it is necessary to review its history and determine the current political, diplomatic and scientific status.
This concept originally existed in the form of such notion as the Third Pole of the Cold, ...
... comment from December 2020 to January 2021. The policy was then finalised and
presented to the public
after gathering comments from scientists and state strategic analytical centres.
“Third Pole” country
Natalia Viakhireva:
On Pause: Dialogue with Russia in the Arctic
In its Arctic policy, India emphasizes the direct impact of global climate change on the country’s agriculture, food production and economy caused by changes in their monsoons. Furthermore, melting land ice in the Arctic (as well ...
In order for the Russian and European 2030 climate targets to be achieved, nuclear energy will have to be included in the green transition
Ever since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in 1994, industrialized nations ...
... Hemisphere are very vulnerable because of their existential risk of losing parts of their territory to a combination of sea-level rise and loss of freshwater. But no region is immune. Every part of the world is affected by climate change. The United States, Russia, China, and other large countries, such as India, parts of the Middle East, and South Asia, will be uninhabitable without air conditioning during certain times of the year within the coming decades unless we reduce our temperatures from growing ...
Russia is certainly now taking climate-related issues seriously, but even though a latecomer in embracing the climate change agenda, it will not simply accept the West’s or the EU’s lead
Russia is certainly now taking climate-related issues seriously,...
... Committee on Climate Change Adaptation, Government of Sri Lanka; and Fraddry D'Souza, Area Convener and Fellow at the Coastal Ecology & Marine Resources Centre, TERI Goa, India.
The second session focused on finding the solutions to the existing challenges ... ... Director General of the Meteorology Department of Sri Lanka; Konstantin Zgurovsky, Senior Advisor to the Marine Programme, WWF Russia; and Vinay Kumar Dadhwal, Director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and Professor (Indira Gandhi ...