Russia wants to protect itself from climate change—without reducing carbon emissions

Davydova, Angelina

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“…This development was particularly important for Russia, both as the world's largest combined oil and gas exporter and as a country that opposes the United States on many fronts (Overland et al 2013, p. 146). However, for a long time, prominent Russian actors remained outspokenly sceptical about shale oil and gas (Davydova 2017b;Grealy 2012;Spencer and Hansen 2012). Deputy Head of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev referred to shale gas as 'a bubble', and chief executive officer (CEO) Alexey Miller argued that shale gas would remain a luxurious side dish: 'If you like foie gras, that doesn't mean you no longer need a regular steak' (cited in Elder 2012).…”

Section: Shale Oil and Gasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 2017, the Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development under the Presidential Administration launched an all-Russian climate week with 422 events across the country (Valeeva 2017). Of direct relevance to this book is the government's signal that it will introduce legislation limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Russian companies and establish targets for the use of associated petroleum gas (APG) from oil production (Davydova 2017a).…”

Section: Climate Policy and Energy Transitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Executive Chairman of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, has also publicly expressed scepticism about climate change; arguing that the effect of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions cannot compare to those of volcano eruptions or rotting algae and stating that climate change is largely due to 30-million-year natural climatic cycles (Sechin, cited in Armitage 2015). Similar to American President Donald Trump's statement that climate change is a Chinese hoax, some major Russian media have cast climate change as a foreign plot to undermine Russian energy exports or as an American weapon aimed at Russia (Davydova 2017b). Such statements have caused some commentators to become highly critical of Russia, arguing that it is failing to adapt to the new realities of global climate policy: 'In the new geopolitics of renewable energy, post-fossil Russia does not have a value proposition .…”

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Climate change has been recognised as an important policy issue that affects nature and socio-economic systems of all continents and oceans over the last few decades. In order to achieve the ambitious goal of 'keeping a global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels' by the Paris Agreement agreed at COP 21 in 2015, formulation and implementation of climate change policies, especially mitigation ones to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been recently advanced all over the world.Russia, as one of the largest energy-resource rich countries and GHG emitters, has been also in the process of modernisation towards a low-carbon society, especially after the occurrence of global financial crisis in 2008-2009. Under this circumstance, the formulation and implementation of climate change policies have recently begun in earnest in Russia through its signature on and ratification of the Paris Agreement effective in 2016. These policies in Russia, however, often end in failure.In this context, this present paper firstly clarifies the current situation of climate change and its causes such as GHG and air pollutants emissions in Russia, followed by the critical consideration of previous studies on this global thematic issue. By revisiting the formulation and implementation process of Russian climate change policies with a special focus on its multi-stakeholders, this paper tries to explain why these policies are not materialised in Russia, that is, factors influencing on its policy failure.Throughout a series of analysis, it becomes clear in this paper that Russian environmental administration has been weakened whilst the government spending with environmental purposes on a downward trend in Russia after starting market transition in the 1990s. This paper also derives that institutional arrangements in the governmental committees enable Russian oil and gas companies to do lobbying for reflecting their interests on relevant policies. Besides, it becomes unveiled that residents and civil society organisations (CSOs), as one of representative protesters

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Russia wants to protect itself from climate change—without reducing carbon emissions

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Introduction: can Russia and its oil companies handle change?

Introduction: can Russia and its oil companies handle change?

Transitioning to Clean Energy - An Overview of Energy Taxes in BRICS

A Stakeholder Analysis of Climate Change Policies in Russia

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