Climate Change

Cloudy Forecast for the Climate: Russia’s Climate Policy in a Time of War

How will the war in Ukraine affect Russia’s climate politics? Our research demonstrates that authoritarian regimes are not necessarily weak on climate policy. In fact, they may actively participate in…

The UNFCCC: Climates for NGO Mediation in China and Russia

Abstract: Russian NGOs and Chinese CSOs working to address climate change have exhibited different levels of participation as observer organizations at the annual UNFCCC COP meetings. In recent years, participation…

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U.S. Arctic Policymaking Under Trump and Obama: Implications for Russia and China

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Arctic policy priorities under the Obama and Trump administrations, though similar in some ways, are marked by distinct differences driven by contrasting governance styles. These differences…

Climate change in Northern Russia through the prism of public perception

Abstract: This article fills a major hole in the Western literature on climate change perceptions by reporting detailed data from Russia. While Northern Russia demonstrates high rates of climate change,…

Russia Is Profiting Off Global Warming

(VICE) While many parts of the world are struggling from catastrophic effects of climate change, Russia is looking to capitalize on it, with the Kremlin driving a narrative that touts…

Russia’s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic Modernisation

Abstract: This article accounts for the gap between Russia’s weak initial implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and its more active engagement in climate policy during the Medvedev presidency. We examine…

The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes

Since the end of the Cold War, more and more countries feature political regimes that are neither liberal democracies nor closed authoritarian systems. Most research on these hybrid regimes focuses…

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