Klimat

A discerning analysis of the future effects of climate change on Russia, the major power most dependent on the fossil fuel economy.Russia will be one of the countries most affected by climate change. Climate change also brings drought and floods to Russia's south, threatening the country's agricultural exports.Thane Gustafson predicts that, over the next thirty years, climate change will leave a dramatic imprint on Russia. No major power is more economically dependent on the export of hydrocarbons; at the same time, two-thirds of Russia's territory lies in the arctic north, where melting permafrost is already imposing growing damage.

Yet Russia has no substitutes for oil and gas revenues. The decline of fossil fuel use is already underway, and restrictions on hydrocarbons will only tighten, cutting fuel prices and slashing Russia's export revenues. The country is