Climate policy Russia

06.06.2010:
A new round of climate negotiations takes place in Bonn

A new regular session of climate negotiations began in Bonn, Germany, on Monday. Representatives of 182 countries - members of the UN participate in the session, which is to last until Friday, June 11. Currently, the world's emissions of greenhouse gases are regulated by the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in late 2012.
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19.11.2009:
Russia strengthens climate targets

Today, Russia has announced it will increase their climate goals for 2020. The current goals are at 10-15 percent below 1990-levels, but at today’s EU summit Russia announced new targets of 25 percent below 1990-levels.
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29.09.2009:
Russian NGOs comment and criticize strategic tasks for Russia set in the President’s article on September 10

On September 10, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev published an article about national strategic tasks. In it, among five strategic vectors of economic modernization, he named securing the leading role of Russia in efficiency of energy production, transportation and consumption, development and putting to the international market new types of fuel, and development of nuclear technologies. Russian NGOs are sure that Russia must abandon nuclear energy and set a goal to reduce risks of negative impact of technogenic climate change as a priority. Now Russian policy shows no practical steps towards efficient low-carbon energy sector.
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