Climate Change
Climate change has potential long-term effects on the living environment, especially in countries with large territories and long coastal line, such as Russia stretching from sunscorched pre-Caspian deserts to Arctic tundra and spanning 11 time zones (GMT+2 to GMT+12). The impact of climate change,...
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.422.5469 http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-8/papers/Perelet_Renat_Pegov_Yulkin.pdf |
| Summary: | Climate change has potential long-term effects on the living environment, especially in countries with large territories and long coastal line, such as Russia stretching from sunscorched pre-Caspian deserts to Arctic tundra and spanning 11 time zones (GMT+2 to GMT+12). The impact of climate change, including the adverse accompanying socioeconomic consequences of natural hazards, plays a conspicuous role in the spatial and economic development of this country. International significance of Russia's stance in regard to climate change is duly recognised worldwide. Russia's ratification, with its 17.4 % of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, of the Kyoto Protocol swiftly pushed its entering into force in February 2005. Annex B of this document set a limit to Russia's anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by the end of the Protocol first commitment period (2008-2012) at the level of country’s GHG emissions in 1990. This paper discusses climate change impact on Russia's economy, health and wellbeing of its people as well as its policies with a view to implementing its international commitments to the Kyoto Protocol and adapting to the new environment. In developing |
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