Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday signed a decree giving formal support to the Paris climate agreement and ordered Russian laws to be adapted to its obligations, Reuters reported.
The document says that Russia is formally adopting the 2015 Paris agreement and will now "allocate financial resources... to developing countries...
Russia’s state-run gas behemoth Gazprom is the world’s third-largest producer of carbon emissions, a new scientific study has revealed, according to The Guardian.
The analysis from the U.S.-based Climate Accountability Institute shows Gazprom, which emitted 43.23 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in the past 50 years, is ranked...
Moscow has improved its position in the fDi Intelligence analytics company's international Tech Cities of the future, updating its position on four lines and ranking 14th among 76 European cities, according to the information available on Tuesday on the mayor's and municipal administrations official website, TASS reports.
The ranking assesses...
Russian Nickel and Palladium producer Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) will invest more than 123 billion rubles ($1.9 billion) in cutting emissions at its enterprises in Norilsk under the Clean Air federal project, TASS news agency reports.
The investments will be made over the next four years under the company’s Northern...
A Russian court fined mining giant Nornickel 146 billion rubles ($2 billion) Friday for its role in the worst oil spill in the country’s modern history, The Moscow Times reports.
Some 21,000 tons of diesel fuel poured into the ground and waterways surrounding Nornickel’s base — the city of Norilsk...
The Moscow authorities for control and monitoring of the situation on coronavirus infection have informed that employers in the capital are required to ensure that 60% of employees are vaccinated against coronavirus and take preventive measures.
According to the headquarters, the number of full-time employees, 60% of whom must be...
A shocking new study has found that polar bears could be made extinct by the end of the century unless decisive steps are taken to combat climate change. But a Russian zoologist believes it could happen before 2040, Russia Today writes.
In an interview with news agency NCN, Russian TV...
Moscow State University's (MSU) glacier, which in the middle of the 20th century was announced the Urals’ longest and second biggest glacier, melted away, press service of the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region said, commenting on results of the expedition to the Polar Urals’ glaciers, organized by the...
As governments across the world are urged to address the growing danger of global warming, the Russian leadership has come out with a "national adaptation plan" that puts a positive spin on climate change, CBS News writes.
In the document published on a government website last weekend, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
The small town of Verkhoyansk, home to 1,000 people in Russia's Yakutia region, broke the record on Saturday for the highest temperature ever recorded within the Arctic Circle, hitting a maximum of 38 degrees Celsius, Russia Today reported.
Verkhoyansk already held the record for the place with the greatest temperature...
