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…
Category: Russia
Decarbonizing Russia: Lessons from global carbon pricing practices
Abstract Climate change mitigation increasingly relies on carbon pricing as a core policy tool. This study investigates the applicability of such mechanisms within the Russian context, given the country’s heavy fossil fuel dependence and evolving energy landscape. A mixed-method approach is used, combining case studies (EU ETS, Nordic carbon taxes, Sakhalin pilot) with scenario modeling based…
Tea bag monitoring of soil quality across 3000km of European Russia
Abstract The increasing popularity and recognition of citizen science approaches to monitor soil health have promoted the idea to assess soil microbial decomposition based on a standard litter sample – tea bags. Although tea bag initiatives are expanding across the world, the global datasets remain biased in regard to investigating regions and biomes. This study…
Comparing Green Smart Cities in Russia and China
In full (RU) Abstract: With the in-depth development of Big Data and artificial intelligence, as well as the strengthening of the concept of green and low-carbon development, a new concept has emerged in the system of urban functioning — “green smart city”. Currently, the level of urbanization and urban development in Russia and China is…
Sustainable tourist views at the Teriberka Arctic Festival
In full (RU) Abstract:Amid a recent surge in Arctic tourism in Russia, the development of nature parks in the region—particularly as instruments for promoting sustainable tourism—has become increasingly relevant. Sustainable tourism is defined as tourism that considers its current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts while addressing the needs of tourists, businesses, the environment,…
Mapping Yamal reindeer dietary preferences
In full (EN) Abstract:Large herbivores regulate ecosystem structure and functioning across Earth’s biomes, but vegetation community responses to herbivory depend on complex interactions involving the timing and intensity of herbivory pressure and other, often abiotic, controls on vegetation. Consequently, reindeer-driven vegetation transitions in the Arctic occur heterogeneously between and even within landscapes. Here, we employed…
Trends and prospects for the development of a national model climate legislation from the Russian Federation
Abstract: The article identifies the main gaps and conflicts of the climate legislation of Russia, examines the ways to solve them and trends in the development of judicial practice to protect the climate rights of citizens. For the first time, the authors developed the category “conditions for the implementation of climate policy”, which represents legal…
Forest communities of the Green Book for Bryansk
In full (RU)AbstractTo identify and describe the forest communities of the Green Book of the Bryansk region, the habitats of 10 natural monuments have been surveyed. Forest communities are represented by formations of oak forests and ash forests. Thanks to biomonitoring work followed by analysis of syntaxonomic diversity, observation bases have been created for 6…
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…
Climate influence on Russian floods, fuel, forestry and more
Impacts from the annual Arctic 0.5°C increase continue to generate discussion and modelling within the Russian economic community. The researchers wanted to holistically assess the macroeconomic effects of climate change on the Russian economy, using the latest data. They used “a change in Russia’s annual GDP with an increase in the average annual temperature by…
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