The researchers reviewed 1740 papers and reports which show increasing interest in the impact of climate change on public health in Russia: They were stimulated by the World Climate Change Conference held in Moscow in 2003 with the support of the United Nations and other international organizations, including WHO. The same year, the first review…
Category: environmental protection
Implementing green finance in Russia
A new study suggests implementing a regulatory framework and strategy to encourage the development of green financing in Russia. The researchers suggest that green financing initiatives can help implement costly environmental projects, using mechanisms to support the national ‘Ecology’ project. Using data from Rosstat, they found that sustainable finance is approximately $2 billion, and 0.18%…
Climate concerns of Russian businesses
In October 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an updated version of a climate doctrine for Russia, 2023 version (RU), 2009 version (EN), which will be reviewed as part of development of a future state policy.1 In November, a group of researchers from four Russian universities published their analysis of the mission statements of the…
A regulatory shhh across Arctic coastal ecosystems?
Alongside the Arctic Ocean, the Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi seas are marine ecosystems including seabeds, ocean floor and subsoils. Increases in drilling of the continental shelf increases environmental impact. Yakovleva noted the most common issues are emissions, oil / oil product spills, pollution, waste (including metals, radioactive, plastic etc ), and…
Russian Climate Research 