Achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement requires rapid and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. An extremely important component of this activity is the improvement of energy efficiency, which allows the further development of the economy without increasing energy consumption. In many cases with a decrease in energy consumption. The Nordic experience in improving energy efficiency presented in this set of materials is primarily based on several European Union directives, which are also described here. Each country has its own national characteristics in the work on energy efficiency. The material is published in Russian.
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This infokit contains a selection of materials on the progress and forecasts of RES development in the world, their role in mitigating climate change, strategic documents and measures to support RES in the EU and Northern Europe, on the current problem and solutions for the transfer and storage of energy for the transition to a fully renewable energy system. The material is published in Russian.
Recently, Russian climate policy has noticeably revived. Only this is caused not by an awareness of the depth of the problems, but by the upcoming changes in international carbon regulation. Russia needs to seriously reconsider its readiness to the new environmental agenda - experts and civil society representatives believe.
Until Russia introduces a carbon tax, domestic companies will have to pay taxes to other countries, Presidential Special Representative Anatoly Chubais warned at the Gaidar Forum. Representatives of public environmental organizations are confident that measures to reduce the carbon intensity of domestic products will have a positive effect on the Russian economy.
Организация Друзья Земли опубликовала брошюру, в которой анализируется достоинства и недостатки биоэнергетики с последующим улавливанием и захоронением углерода. Убедительно показано, что широкомасштабное выращивание энергетических культур для их сжигания с последующим улавливанием и захоронением углерода не решает проблему изменения климата и может вызвать существенные негативные экологические и социальные последствия. Эксперт РСоЭС дает свои комментарии.
The pandemic made it impossible to conduct international climate negotiations. Instead of the annual UN summit, virtual climate dialogues have become a place for discussing plans. Activists of the Russian Social Ecological Union believe that nevertheless the Parties to the Paris Agreement should not postpone emission reductions for the future, and should start to act now.
На 13-й климатической конференции РСоЭС 26 ноября эксперты некоммерческих организаций (НКО), высшей школы, ученые и экологические активисты обсуждали новое в климатической политике и практике в России и других странах и планы НКО для продвижения климатических действий.
Russia is able to switch to a carbon-free economy: the International Petroleum Corporation (BP) has presented energy development forecasts for specific countries (Country Insight). Activists from public environmental organizations believe that the “green course” for Russia is quite realistic.
The Sakhalin Oblast plans to become a pilot region where work will be carried out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the framework of the Paris Agreement. Representatives of public environmental organizations welcome this initiative and believe that the development and implementation of regional and municipal climate plans should be supported at the national level.
While high-ranking representatives of the oil industry claim that the oil renaissance is not far off, the international oil and gas corporation British Petroleum (BP) with its new report actually puts the cross on the “black gold.” Members of public environmental organizations believe that the current situation in the energy markets is a signal for reorienting the Russian economy.