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Russian Climate Politics In 2019: Concessions And Trade Offs, Nikita O. Minin
Russian Climate Politics In 2019: Concessions And Trade Offs, Nikita O. Minin
Senior Projects Spring 2019
In the paper of this project the Russia’s political justifications for the signing of the Kyoto Protocol and the refusal to sign the Paris Accord are analyzed. Russia’s current adaptive strategies and trajectory towards creating a potentially devastating future for the planet are assessed in terms of their economic justifications. Overall this paper argues that the Paris Accord needs to be amended to be economically and politically fair for all signing countries. Currently Russia could lose GDP if they signed the accord, and this is presented as the primary reason for Russia’s refusal to sign. The thesis of the paper …