6. Oroszország és az éghajlatváltozás

The Kremlin has been tackling climate change more seriously since the mid-2010s. It takes the view that climate change is caused not only by human activities but also by global processes. Russia’s political leadership is responding to the challenges of climate change in two ways. On the one hand, it seeks to mitigate the damage caused by climate change and to reduce the future risks posed by climate change; on the other hand, it seeks to capitalize on the pro-Russian processes of climate change. According to scientific forecasts, a significant part of Russia’s Asian territories will be habitable in the second half of the 21st century as a result of climate change. There are analysts who are already seeing Russia’s secret economic weapon in Siberia. The present study focuses on four issues: What role does Russia play in international climate policy? What large-scale population program has the Russian political leadership developed for the Russian Far East? With what strategic investments is Putin and his team trying to boost the development of Asian territories? What is the Kremlin’s position on renewable energy? The study was written just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.