Russia at COP21: An Opportunity to Reengage with the West

... The goal of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) taking place in the French capital is to reach a universal ... ... countries, including the European Union, the United States, Japan. The Russian government has also officially acknowledged the threat ... ... Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has recently been announced by France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and later confirmed ... .... After prolonged tensions in relations between Russia and the West amid the situation in Ukraine and subsequent sanctions, 2015 ...