Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, September 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.
News
Bellona is present with several events and staff in Katowice.
Date | Time | Topic | Location | Bellona involvement |
Dec 5 | 12.15-13.15 | Zero emission construction sites | Nordic pavilion | Co-organiser and speaker |
Dec 6 | 12.15-14.15 | Marine biomass | Nordic pavilion | Speaker |
Dec 6 | 15.00-16.30 | Industry decarbonisation | Warmia. (Official UN side event) | Co-organiser and moderator |
Dec 12 | 16.30-18.00 | CCS-demystifying negative emissions | EU pavilion. Room Brussels | Co-organiser and speaker |
Dec 14 | 10.30-12.00 | Empowered citizens and cities driving the energy transition | EU pavilion | Co-organiser and speaker |
Bellona staff participates in several ways in Katowice. They are present the following weeks:
Week 49:
Olav Øye, Coordinator and Senior Adviser, CO2 capture and storage, olav@bellona.no
Jonas Helseth, Director Bellona Europa, jonas@bellona.org
Anders Karlsson-Drangsholt, Senior Adviser Aquaculture, anders@bellona.no
Christian Eriksen, Senior Adviser Energy, chrise@bellona.no
Jan-Justus Andreas, Policy Manager Industry Bellona Europa, justus@bellona.org
Week 50:
Keith Whiriskey, Deputy Director, Bellona Europa, keith@bellona.org
Teodora Serafimova, Policy Manager Electro-Mobility, teodora@bellona.org
Mark Preston Aragonès, Policy Assistant Electro-Mobility, Bellona Europa, mark@bellona.org
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.
Following Kazakhstan’s country-wide vote in favor of building a nuclear power plant earlier this month, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun a courtship of officialdom in Astana, the country’s capital, in apparent hopes of landing a contract to construct it.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.