Four Demands for a Successful Long-Term Negative Emissions Strategy in Germany
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
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Publish date: December 15, 2005
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Responding to critics on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended the law as “necessary to protect our political system from outside interference,” but said the Kremlin would suggest amendments to tone it down before it goes to the Duma.
But the Unity party, which is loyal to Putin and holds the majority in the Duma, have stood by the bills harsh curbing of NGO activities overwhelmingly.
If the bill passes into law, it threatens to grind Russia incipient civil society structure and NGO community to a halt. Of the 450,000 civil society groups currently operating in Russia, more than half will have to cease their operations if they do not register their activities with authorities.
In its current form, the bill requires that all NGOs be registered with the government, that foreign NGOs will have their funding cut off and have to adhere to employing a certain number of domestic workers, and threatens to cut off funding for domestic NGOs as well.
Bellona, which has two Russian registered offices in St. Petersburg and Murmansk are in adherence with the bill in its current form if it becomes law, so will not have its work strangled. But foreign and domestic NGOs that receive funding from abroad will have to register with the Russian government, and undergo frequent audits of their finances and employee rosters.
Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov told the Regnum news agency that the reading had been postponed because Duma deputies had added a number of amendments to the bill, which emanated from the Kremlin. On December 9th, Putin entered his recommendations to some of the more controversial parts of the bill, which the deputies must now formulate as amendments to the bill.
Gryzlov told Regnum that interesting committee work is going on with the bill, and that the law promises to be good.
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”