Foreign Policy, National Interests, and Environmental Positioning: Russia’s Post Paris Climate Change Actions, Discourse, and Engagement

Kochtcheeva, Lada V.

doi:10.1080/10758216.2021.1968912

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“…Ambrosio et al 2021), but diffusion can also take place across autocracies, facilitating their learning from each other. In a way, the 9 A similar argument can also be found in Kochtcheeva (2021).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

“…On the other hand, the environmental commitments of China, Russia, and Kazakhstan can be analyzed within the literature in terms of formal goals versus real motivations (see also Poberezhskaya and Bychkova 2021;Libman and Obydenkova 2018a;2018b). While formally proclaiming support for sustainable development, these non-democracies also seek to augment their international image as global, environmentally friendly actors (Tosun and Rinscheid 2021;Kochtcheeva 2021). This is in line with existing literature on the strategy of Russia in global environmental politics.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 66%

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Strategies and challenges of sustainable development in Eurasia

Obydenkova

2022

Post-Communist Economies

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While supporting the values and goals of sustainable development at the international level, states might employ very different strategies at the national level. The goal of this Forward and of special issue is two-fold. First, it aims to advance our understanding of different strategies, paying special attention to China and Russia at global, national, and sub-national levels. Thus, analysis of their strategies across different levels presents a more rounded picture. The second goal is to identify at least a few of the most pressing challenges of sustainable development across Eurasia (e.g., nuclear supply chain, emissions, environmental conflict management) and to attempt to understand their triggers, outcomes, and potential solutions. This Forward aspires to develop a better dialogue across different sets of literature in area studies, environmental politics, and international relations to improve our understanding of obstacles to sustainable development in Eurasia.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Strategies and challenges of sustainable development in Eurasia

Obydenkova

2022

Post-Communist Economies

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“…Russia's participation in Arctic governance through international organizations and forums allowed Russia to restore its great power status (Kochtcheeva, 2022;Lagutina, 2019, p. 103;Laruelle, 2020, p. 5).…”

Section: Russia's Perspective On Arctic Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Russia’s Security Perceptions and Arctic Governance

Borozna

2024

PaG

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Russia’s war in Ukraine further strained Russia’s relations with the West and negatively influenced Arctic regional governance, especially after seven members of the Arctic Council paused cooperation with Russia. The rationale of the suspension was to express disapproval by seven Arctic states of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. However, the suspension of cooperation with Russia within the Arctic Council format prompted some observers to question the relevance and utility of the institution. Russia never expressed its wish to leave the Council and continues to express its desire for multilateral cooperation in the region. This raises the question: Can Russia’s assertive stance in Ukraine coexist with peaceful cooperation in the Arctic? In order to answer this question, this article addresses the following questions: How does the geopolitical tension shape Russia’s approach to Arctic governance? And what is the role of military and economic security in Russia’s Arctic policy? The article uses a comparative method combined with discourse analysis to establish a change in Russia’s view on Arctic governance before and after the war in Ukraine.

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“…Russia has failed to assess the specific negative impacts of climate change on national security (Kochtcheeva, 2022). Defense and military budgets are threatened by an unreformed energy sector and the consequent declining Russian economy as the green energy transition progresses (Godzimirski, 2022).…”

Section: International Relationsmentioning

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“…Should Russia try to rejoin the global community and cast itself as a responsible international actor, it might do so via multilateral climate change and adaptation efforts, especially those involving easily achievable goals that do not threaten growth (Closson, 2019; Kendall‐Taylor & Townsend, 2022; Kochtcheeva, 2022). Motivations for such engagement include potential revenue generation in the Arctic (Buchanan, 2023), a need for international economic re‐integration (Henderson & Mitrova, 2020), and reputation concerns for Russia's “great power” status that, with the right incentives, could manifest as “green leader” discourse (Tynkkynen, 2020).…”

Section: Climate Change Politicsmentioning

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Russia in a changing climate

Javeline,

Orttung,

Robertson

et al. 2023

WIREs Climate Change

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Climate change will shape the future of Russia, and vice versa, regardless of who rules in the Kremlin. The world's largest country is warming faster than Earth as a whole, occupies more than half the Arctic Ocean coastline, and is waging a carbon‐intensive war while increasingly isolated from the international community and its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Officially, the Russian government argues that, as a major exporter of hydrocarbons, Russia benefits from maintaining global reliance on fossil fuels and from climate change itself, because warming may increase the extent and quality of its arable land, open a new year‐round Arctic sea route, and make its harsh climate more livable. Drawing on the collective expertise of a large group of Russia‐focused social scientists and a comprehensive literature review, we challenge this narrative. We find that Russia suffers from a variety of impacts due to climate change and is poorly prepared to adapt to these impacts. The literature review reveals that the fates of Russia's hydrocarbon‐dependent economy, centralized political system, and climate‐impacted population are intertwined and that research is needed on this evolving interrelationship, as global temperatures rise and the international economy decarbonizes in response.This article is categorized under: Policy and Governance > National Climate Change Policy Trans‐disciplinary Perspectives > National Reviews Trans‐disciplinary Perspectives > Regional Reviews

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Foreign Policy, National Interests, and Environmental Positioning: Russia’s Post Paris Climate Change Actions, Discourse, and Engagement

Cited by 11 publications

References 36 publications

Strategies and challenges of sustainable development in Eurasia

Strategies and challenges of sustainable development in Eurasia

Russia’s Security Perceptions and Arctic Governance

Russia in a changing climate

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