Russia: A Country with an Unpredictable Past

Poussenkova, Nina

doi:10.1023/b:inea.0000005626.45430.f8

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“…Some underline these countries taking an active interest in international environmental governance when environmental concerns (e.g. reducing greenhouse gas emissions) are coupled with “development” to deliver benefits and reduce conflicts (Shukla & Dhar, 2011 ) and when linking environmental issues to financial assistance and technology transfer (Walsh et al, 2011 ). A key concern has been the commitment of these countries to a post-Kyoto world, particularly in light of the emergence of regional initiatives such as the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP) focusing on the reduction of energy intensity in growth strategies (Heggelund & Buan, 2009 ).…”

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The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA

Kalfagianni

Young

2022

Int Environ Agreements

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This review article addresses the question: What lessons can we learn from work published in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics regarding the politics of multilateral environmental agreements? What are the implications of these lessons for those responsible for creating and administering these agreements? Based on an analysis of 147 articles published over the past 20 years, the article explores issues of institutional design, institutional politics, implementation, and effectiveness. It concludes that key conditions for success in this realm include: (a) developing a toolkit that is not limited to rules-based governance, (b) paying attention to matters of implementation, (c) bearing in mind the overall regime complex, (d) developing effective leadership based on credibility and accountability, and (e) allowing for institutional adaptation.

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Section: Institutional Politicsmentioning

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The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA

Kalfagianni

Young

2022

Int Environ Agreements

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“…There have been some interesting observations related to this sector, presented by different authors. For example, Poussenkova (2003), notes that the Russian Government treats the fuel and energy complex as ''a sort of 'cash cow' to be endlessly milked without being fed properly''. Wood (2007) comments that the Russian economy is overly dependent on the ''current commodities bonanza''.…”

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A Review of Kyoto Protocol Adoption in Russia: Joint Implementation in Focus

Firsova

Taplin

2008

Transit Stud Rev

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Russia's role in 'animation' of the Kyoto Protocol was crucial. Its initial vacillation on ratification was predominantly due to political bargaining with the EU. Domestic economic rationales [i.e. impacts of emission trading and Joint Implementation (JI) projects] were important to a much lesser extent and environmental motives did not seem to play any role in the decision. Since the Protocol entered into force, there have been significant delays in complete establishment of policy implementation frameworks, which are necessary for Russia to start benefiting from JI and emission trading. Only recently, in 2007, have GHG inventories and a national registry been established and the responsibilities for implementation of the Protocol and JI among the government departments have been distributed only to a certain extent. Some constraints hindering JI projects, such as vague legislation, an unfavourable economic climate, lack of commitment to JI projects, corruption, xenophobia, state and agency 'capture' still remain.

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Climate Change Policies, Energy Security and Carbon DependencyTrade-offs for the European Union in the Longer Term

Kuik

2003

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Econo

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Abstract. Energy policy in the European Union (EU) faces two major challenges. The first challenge is posed by EUs commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere in the context of the international agreement on climate change. The second challenge is to keep ensuring European security of energy supply, while its dependency on external sources of energy is projected to increase. In this paper, two long-term alternative climate change policy scenarios for Europe are examined. In the first scenario, EU reduces carbon dioxide emissions by domestic measures; in the second scenario EU maximizes cooperation with the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). Impacts on carbon flows between the EU and FSU and on the external energy dependency of the EU are assessed with an applied general equilibrium model, GTAP-E, whose set of energy commodities is expanded with combustible biomass as a renewable and carbon-neutral energy commodity. The results show that there is a trade-off between economic efficiency, energy security and carbon dependency for the EU. The FSU would unambiguously prefer cooperation.

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Russia: A Country with an Unpredictable Past

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The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA

The politics of multilateral environmental agreements lessons from 20 years of INEA

A Review of Kyoto Protocol Adoption in Russia: Joint Implementation in Focus

Climate Change Policies, Energy Security and Carbon DependencyTrade-offs for the European Union in the Longer Term

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