Angelina Davydova is an environmental journalist. She is a frequent contributor to Kommersant newspaper, Thomson Reuters Foundation, and Science magazine. Davydova is an editor of the journal Environment and Law, and a member of the World Future Council. Since 2008, she has been a permanent observer at UN climate change negotiations.
A fall in Russia’s GDP, decrease in its share in the global economy, and depopulation could all reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Russia, but can hardly be seen as genuine decarbonization.
Russian officialdom is increasingly vocal about climate change, yet Russia continues to be hindered in its attempts to promote a different image of the country in this area—not only to foreign observers but also to domestic stakeholders, who are skeptical of Moscow’s promises and whose own efforts are erased in Russian messaging abroad.
