Climate Change Newsletter No. 85 for June-July 2020 has been released.
The main themes of the issue:
- Roshydromet released the Review of the state and pollution of the environment in the Russian Federation for 2019;
- WMO refined the global temperature forecast for the next five years;
- Roshydromet will continue to carry out climate protection measures, taking into account the new five-year WMO forecasts;
- 22nd International Scientific and Industrial Forum “Great Rivers (ecological, hydrometeorological and energy security)” / ICEF-2020.
Also in this issue: • Meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects • Meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Issues Related to Climate Change and Ensuring Sustainable Development • Draft Strategy for the Development of RF Activities in Antarctica until 2030 • Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences approved the Regulations on the Scientific Council of the RAS on Climate Problems Lands and its composition • The Chairman of the Government approved the Program for the Development of the Coal Industry of Russia until 2035 • The Ministry of Economy invited the business to analyze the risks of introducing a carbon tax • Russia reduced greenhouse gas emissions to 70% by 1990 • Minister of Natural Resources: the accident in Norilsk could have happened due to for climate change • Head of Roshydromet: new islands in the Arctic arise due to melting glaciers • New publications in Russian and foreign scientific journals • Scientific assessment of temperature anomalies in Siberia in 2020 • The UN believes that 2020 may enter the top five warmest in observational histories • Preparation of the
