External factors will prod Russia into climate action

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• Published: Emerald 2021
• Subjects: Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oxan-db263478; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OXAN-DB263478/full/xml; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OXAN-DB263478/full/html

Significance This is still tentative planning but it indicates the Kremlin is being spurred into action by looming curbs on high-carbon products in China and the EU, Russia's key export markets. Russia has so far resisted calls for more ambitious commitments. Impacts Siberian forest fires will focus public attention on the environment, if not global warming. Blame for the wildfires, as with other environmental problems, will be weaponised in elite infighting. The government is interested in developing cheap, green hydrogen. A pilot carbon emissions trading scheme in Sakhalin could be scaled up to other parts of Russia.