The EU aims to cut its climate emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and thus comply with the Paris climate agreement, while Social Climate Fund to mitigate the burden on vulnerable households The European energy and environment ministers have launched one of the most comprehensive climate action packages in the history of the EU. They… Continue reading EU agrees on a most comprehensive climate action packages in its history
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Tourism, corruption threaten world’s largest freshwater lake
Vitaliy Ryabtsev Since Siberia’s Baikal Lake became a popular destination, a booming industry catering to holiday goers, mainly from China, is eating away at its natural ecosystem and pristine waters After the closure of the Baikal cellulose-paper industrial complex in 2013, the main cause of pollution for the great Siberian lake became mass tourism. In… Continue reading Tourism, corruption threaten world’s largest freshwater lake
Inside Crimea’s slow-burn water crisis
David Axelrod Since the end of August, timetables for water supply have been introduced in Simferopol and Bakhchysarai. Authorities restricted water supply in three steps. Water shortages in the Russian-occupied peninsula are getting worse – and a real solution is not yet in sight. “We have a large family, three kids, so of course we… Continue reading Inside Crimea’s slow-burn water crisis
Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke
Major Eastern Russian cities are shrouded in haze as a mega fires continue to burn through Siberian Taiga forests, in what is becoming an annual occurrence It’s another year that Russian authorities have failed to stop these fires risking local communities and contributing to climate change. Greenpeace Russia Wildfire Unit Head Grigory Kuksin said “Russia’s… Continue reading Siberian Wildfires Cover Russian Cities in Smoke
Siberia heatwave: why the Arctic is warming so much faster than the rest of the world
Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol On the eve of the summer solstice, something very worrying happened in the Arctic Circle. For the first time in recorded history, temperatures reached 38°C (101°F) in a remote Siberian town – 18°C warmer than the maximum daily average for June in this part of the world, and the all-time… Continue reading Siberia heatwave: why the Arctic is warming so much faster than the rest of the world
Recreating the Ice age and slowing global warming in remote Russian Artic
In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age. They call their experiment Pleistocene Park – a perfect home for woolly mammoths, resurrected by modern genetics. But the mammoths are only a means to a bigger end: defusing a carbon timebomb frozen in the permafrost to… Continue reading Recreating the Ice age and slowing global warming in remote Russian Artic
Climate Justice in Sapmi: Frontline truths from Europe’s Far North
The indigenous Saami live in the Arctic regions of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, at the frontlines of climate change. In this video, Jonas Vannar shares his experience as a traditional Saami reindeer herder. The changing climate poses a huge threat to reindeer that struggle to find enough food when thaw and freeze cover the… Continue reading Climate Justice in Sapmi: Frontline truths from Europe’s Far North
Paris climate talks: Russia will use its huge forests as a bargaining chip
Marianna Poberezhskaya, Nottingham Trent University Russia’s strategy at the talks-It will want strong recognition of the role forests play in the climate with 640 billion trees in a good position to negotiate emissions reductions. Russia has a reputation as one of the more difficult states involved in international climate negotiations – and don’t expect things… Continue reading Paris climate talks: Russia will use its huge forests as a bargaining chip