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<DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">At the G7 Summit, UN Secretary General António
Guterres announced an extreme climate situation. Specialists of the Climate
Secretariat of the Russian Social and Ecological Union believe that it is high
time for Russia, which is subject to climate change more than other regions, to
take more decisive measures to implement the Paris Agreement. </DIV>
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the heads of the G7 states, the UN Secretary General noted that the past 5 years
were the hottest years in the history of meteorological
observations.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><EM>“According
to the World Meteorological Organization, the level of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere reached the highest level in the history of mankind: this level of
CO2 concentration existed about 3 to 5 million years ago, when the temperature
was much higher and the sea level was 10-20 meters above the presently
existing,”</EM> said the UN Secretary General.</SPAN>
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of the European atmosphere monitoring service of the Copernicus project also
accent the extreme degree of aggravation of the climate change situation.
According to their information, in the Arctic area, besides the melting of ice,
a record number of continuous forest fires have occurred - more than 100 cases
during this summer. In June, that led to the release of more than 50 megatons of
carbon into the atmosphere, more than the past eight years’ total. “Forest fires
in the Arctic, Alaska and Siberia are particularly alarming since solid
combustion particles are more frequently deposited on ice,” the European
Meteorological Service said in its statement. “It obstructs the ice, which leads
to absorption rather than a reflection of sunlight, which could further
exacerbate global warming.”</P>
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everywhere on the planet, the number of people who have realized that climate
change is extremely dangerous is growing rapidly. The introduction of a special
climate regime (climate emergency) was announced by 985 jurisdictions in 18
countries. The population of the territories declaring an extreme climate is
more than 200 million people.</P>
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recognition of the territory as a zone of extreme climate situation is not
merely symbolic. A climate-related emergency announcement is a strong signal for
both government and local residents. Most “climate emergency zones” have the
goal of increasing ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, achieving zero
carbon emissions by 2030, and make climate a priority when considering all
decisions at the local level.</P>
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Guterres emphasized that leaders should “shift taxes from people to carbon”
(that is, introduce carbon regulation), as well as stop subsidizing fossil fuels
and stop building coal stations. “All this requires a lot of political will,” he
added.</P>
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Russia, the climate situation is not recognized an emergency, but de-facto, the
situation is close to that. For example, recently, Russian scientists raised the
issue of climate-change risk of contracting infections such as fever, which are
atypical for northern countries. Advisor to the director of the Central Research
Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Viktor Maleyev said that “the West
Nile fever has already been registered in Voronezh, although previously it had
been diagnosed in more southern regions of Russia ...”</P>
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warming in Russia is going 2.5 times faster than the global average. This fact
has already been confirmed in real life. Recently, Russian scientists and
Russian President V. Putin directly linked a natural disaster in the Irkutsk
region with global climate change.</P>
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href="https://regnum.ru/news/2657466.html">According</A> to Associate
Professor of the Department of Meteorology and Near-Earth Space Physics of the
Geography Department of Irkutsk State University Inna Latysheva, “the cause of
catastrophic floods is the anomalous development of atmospheric processes that
have manifested themselves against the background of observed global and
regional climate changes.” In the opinion of Siberian scientists, the likelihood
of a recurrence of natural excesses, both floods and droughts, is “quite high”
in the future.</P>
<P
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Putin also agreed with that during his visit to Siberia. Later, at a meeting
with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron, the RF President said that he
supported France’s efforts against climate change: “Joint work in the field of
combating climate change is essential ... We are ready for such joint work.”</P>
<P
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previously the media actively cited the skepticism of the Russian leader
regarding the feasibility of renewable energy sources (RESs), which are
recognized worldwide as an effective means of combating climate change.</P>
<P
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despite the promised early ratification of the Paris Agreement, not everything
is going smoothly in this area. The Ministry of Natural Resources should submit
to the government draft law on ratification of the Paris Agreement by September
1, and ratification of the agreement should occur before the start of the World
Climate Summit, which will be held in New York on September 23. Meanwhile,
representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian
Federation at the discussion of the position on ratification of the Paris
Agreement expressed concerns that this would entail additional payments and
obligations for Russia and proposed to postpone ratification.</P>
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Paris Agreement is now almost the only driver for the modernization of
industrial production in Russia. furthermore, a country where climate change
goes faster than the global average should not turn a blind eye to the obvious
risks of climate change. Representatives of the RSEU in their</SPAN><SPAN
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this and believe that Russia needs to “develop a National Plan for Adaptation to
Climate Change, foresee the mandatory development of regional adaptation plans,
and motivate regions to interact with the Climate Center of Roshydromet in order
to assess the effects of climate change and develop relevant adaptation
measures.”</SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 23, 2019 12:35 PM</DIV>
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