Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, October 2024
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
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Publish date: September 16, 2024
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This means that CO2 must be removed from the atmosphere and permanently stored. To lay the foundation for this, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) introduced key points for the long-term strategy on negative emissions (LNe) in February, which will assess the role of negative emissions up to 2060. A stakeholder dialogue, in which we will participate, will also serve as a basis for further development. We welcome this process and see the key points as a solid foundation. However, some gaps still need to be filled to ultimately create a successful strategy that properly integrates CDR (Carbon Dioxide Removal) methods and places them within the climate protection portfolio.
Our four demands:
Read our policy brief for an explanation of the points here.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.
Russia is formally withdrawing from a landmark environmental agreement that channeled billions in international funding to secure the Soviet nuclear legacy, leaving undone some of the most radioactively dangerous projects and burning one more bridge of potential cooperation with the West.