Abstract Pro-environmental behavior is crucial for protecting the environment, reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, preventing the depletion of natural resources, and mitigating climate change. This study aims to examine the drivers of pro-environmental behavior and answer the research question whether climate risk perception positively affects the behavior. It uses a nationally representative data collected in…
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Classification of Climate Disputes from the Perspective of International Law
(RU) Abstract The increasing variety of legal relationships in the climate sphere, as well as the specific nature of legal regulation in this area, inevitably leads to disputes between the parties involved – climate disputes. The significant variability of climate disputes across different jurisdictions, on the one hand, makes this type of judicial disputes complex…
Climate Risks and the Rural Population of the Russia’s European North
Abstract The article, based on the materials of a sociological study conducted in summer 2022 in the Primorsky district of Arkhangelsk oblast, examines the impact of climate change on the livelihoods of the rural population of Russia’s European North. Data on climate change in the Primorsky district are presented. It has been shown that against…
Conspiracies as one of the dangers of online climate change communication
Abstract – Marianna Poberezhskaya’s chapter from the Routledge Handbook on Climate Crisis Communication The internet has allowed an unrestricted number of actors to challenge the scientific community’s ownership of climate change knowledge and become active “popularisers” and even (co-)creators of that knowledge. In some cases, this has led to positive outcomes as complex climate science…
Comparing climate risk across Russian regions
Abstract Climate risks pose a threat to the economy and the society, making their accurate assessment crucial for effective adaptation strategies. However, such estimates are complicated due to incomplete data on the potential risk-related damages. In this study, we apply a simplified heuristic approach using the hazard-exposure-vulnerability framework to assess climate risks in Russia. We…
A review of digital soil mapping in Russia
Abstract Russia stands at the origins of world soil cartography. Given Russia’s vast and diverse territories, the production of current soil maps is an important task in the context of global climate change and food demand. This article provides a review of the digital soil mapping (DSM) field in Russia by identifying trends and research gaps. We examined studies published…
Comparing maths models for climate change between 1850-2100
Abstract The paper considers the results of climate change modelling for 1850–2100 using the INM-CM6M climate model of the Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The calculations were performed according to the CMIP6 protocol for modelling the present-day climate for the period from 1850 to 2014 and the IPCC scenarios…
Evaluating carbon emissions and removals from Russia’s trade in harvested wood products
Abstract Harvested wood products (HWP) are carbon reservoirs that remain underutilized in decarbonization policies due to the superficiality of carbon flux estimates in international trade in forest products. This paper focuses on the emissions and removals associated with Russia’s foreign trade in HWP. For the first time, we provide estimates of these carbon fluxes for…
Measuring two and a half centuries of Ammonia emissions from the Russian Caucuses
Abstract: Atmospheric ammonia (NH3) is a key transboundary air pollutant that contributes to the impacts of nitrogen and acidity on terrestrial ecosystems. Ammonia also contributes to the atmospheric aerosol that affects air quality. Emission inventories indicate that NH3 was predominantly emitted by agriculture over the 19th and 20th centuries but, up to now, these estimates have…
Climate change and soil happiness in Leningrad region
Russia has a lot of soil. Russian scientists have been investigating it for centuries and pointeered soil science through researchers such as Dokuchaev, Dokuchaeva, Glazoskaya, Glinka and others. Large soil data projects managed by land institutes e.g. GIZPROZEMs have since been updated using satellite data. Current researchers conducted an agroecological assessment. They investigated land suitable…
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