Economic Impact of Climate Change in the Midland of Russia

Abstract

The article discusses the global climate warming impact on the most important agro-climatic parameters of the southern half of the Russian Federation European part. It has been established that in recent years a stable zone of moisture deficiency, stretching as a strip from Bryansk to the border of the Chelyabinsk region with Kazakhstan, has formed. At the same time, the most stable moisture deficit in summer is observed in the Bryansk region. For 2014-2016 the amount of moisture deficit according to the Bryansk State Agrarian University meteorological station was 47%. Due to the increasing climate aridity, the Bryansk region is approaching in agroclimatic parameters to traditionally grain regions. The increase in the amount of active temperatures turns its territory into an agro-climatic analogue of the northwestern part of the United States Corn Belt. A significant warming of winter, as well as a reduction in stable snow cover period, increases the beef cattle breeding competitiveness. At the same time, the cultivation of berries, raspberries in particular, becomes impossible without artificial irrigation.