RUSSIA

ROMERO, JOMAR PAUL

BERBA
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Contents
Country Profile
- Geography
- Climate
- Society
- Economy
Climate Change Policies, and Targets

Country Profile
Location
North Asia bordering the Atlantic Ocean, extending from
(portion
west of the Ural Mountains) to the North Pacific Ocean
Total Land Area
17,098,242 sq. km. (Largest Country in the World in terms of
Land Area)
Climate
Steppe to Humid Continental (Europe Side), Subartic to
Source: The World Fact Book (Central Intelligence
Agency)
Tundra (Siberia

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/ge

Country Profile
Capital
Moscow (Moskva)
Government Type
Federation
Chief of State
President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Head of Government
Premier Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev
Administrative Divisions
46 Provinces (Oblastey), 21 Republics (Respublik),
4 Autonomous Okrugs (Okrugov), 9 Krays (Krayev), 2 Federal Cities (Goroda),
and 1 Autonomous Oblast
International Membership
UN, UNSC (Permanent Status), APEC, BRICS, G8, UNFCCC (Annex I)

Source: The World Fact Book (Central Intelligence

Agency)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/ge

Country Profile
Economy
GDP: $3.565 Trillion (est. 2014)
Population
142,423,773 people
Labor Force
75.25 Million (9.7% Agriculture, 27.8% Industry, 62.5%
Services)
Population Below Poverty Line
11% (est. 2013)

Source: The World Fact Book (Central Intelligence

Agency)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/ge

Country Profile
Natural Resources
Major deposits of Petroleum (Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal)
Minerals (Aluminum, Arsenic, Asbestos, Bauxite, Boron, Cadmium,
Cement, Cobalt, Copper, Diamond, Fluorspar, Gold, Iron Ore, Lime,
Magnesium,
Mica, Nickel, Palladium, Phosphate, Platinum, Potash,
Rhenium, Silicon, Steel,
Sulfur, Titanium, Tungsten and Vanadium)
Land Use
Agricultural Land 13.1%, Forest 49.4%, Other 37.5%
Irrigated Land 43,460 sq. km (2008)
Freshwater withdrawal
Source: The World Fact Book (Central Intelligence Agency)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/geos/rs.html

66.2 cu km/yr (20% Domestic, 60% Industrial, 20% Agricultural)

Country Profile
Electricity/Energy Installed Capacity
239.7 Million kW
(69.2% Fossil Fuel, 10.6% Nuclear, 20.2% Hydroelectric)
Power Production
1.054 Trillion kWh (4th largest in the World)
Power Consumption
1.037 Trillion kWh (4th largest in the World)
Source: The World Fact Book (Central Intelligence
Agency)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/ge

Russia and the UNFCCC

Russia and the UNFCCC

Russias Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
(INDC)
Limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gases in Russia to
70-75%
of 1990 levels by the year 2030 might be a long term
indicator,
subject to the maximum possible account of absorbing
capacity
of forests.

INDC
Limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gases in Russia to 70-75% of 1990 levels by the year 2030 might
be a long-term
indicator,approaches
subject toare
the
maximum
possible
account
of absorbing capacity of
Methodological approaches
Methodological
based
on using
the following
methodologies:
used, in particular, forforests. IPCC 2006 Guidelines;

IPCC 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the
measurement and
Base
year of anthropogenic
1990
verification
Kyoto Protocol;

IPCC 2013 Wetlands Supplement.

GHG emissions and, in
Time
framescases,
/
1 JanuaryThe
2020
31 December
2030will use global warming potential values as contained in
appropriate
their
Russian
Federation
periods
for
absorption
Decision 24/CP.19 of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties.
implementation

Scope
and coverage
Economy-wide,
particular,
as determined
by decisions
UNFCCC
Conference
of while
the Parties
on
Consideration
of fairness
and GDP of in
the
Russian Federation
in 2012
amountedoftothe
172.9%
of the
2000 level
the GHG
reporting:
ambition based on national
emissions (without land use, land-use change and forestry) had reached only 111.8% of the

energy;
conditions
2000 level. Thus, as the GDP was growing significantly at that time period, the
industrial
processes
andemissions
products use;
increase
in GHG
was minimal. The economic growth and GHG emissions can
agriculture;
be definitively decoupled upon achievement of the earlier announced indicator, i.e.
land limitation
use, land-use
change
forestry;
of the
GHG and
emissions
to at most 75% of 1990 levels by the year 2020, and the
waste.
INDC announced for 2030. There will be GHG emissions reduction per GDP unit. At the same
The INDCtime,
indicator
is to be achieved
with noforests
use of is
international
market
mechanisms.
if contribution
of the Russian
fully taken into
account,
limiting GHG emissions

to 70-75% of 1990 levels by the year 2030 does not create any obstacles for social and
GHGs
The INDCeconomic
includes information
on the
GHGs: to general objectives of the land-use and
development
andfollowing
corresponds
Carbon
sustainable
dioxide (2);
forest management policies, raising the level of energy efficiency, reducing
energy
intensity of the economy and increasing share of renewables in the Russian energy
Methane
(4);
balance.
Nitrous
oxide (N2O);
Russian boreal (HFCs);
forests have global significance for mitigating climate change, protecting
Hydrofluorocarbons
water resources,
preventing soil erosion and conserving biodiversity on the planet. Russia
Perfluorocarbons
(PFCs);
accounts
for 70%
of boreal forests and 25% of the world's forest resources. Rational use,
Sulfur
hexafluoride
(SF6);
protection,
maintenance and forest reproduction, i.e. forest management, is one
Nitrous
trifluoride (NF3).
of the most important elements of the Russian policy to reduce GHG emissions.
Federation currently has in force legally-binding instruments aimed at providing for
Planning processes The Russian
Howforecasts
the INDC contributes
to Reducing
GHGemissions
emissionstoby
from
1990 levels
levels by
by the
2030
will
allow
the Russian
and
limitation
of the GHG
at 25-30%
most 75%
of 1990
year
2020
(Decree
of the
achieving the ultimatePresidentFederation
to step
on the path
low-carbon
development
compatible
with of
thethe
long-term
of the Russian
Federation
of 30 of
September
2013
and Act of the
Government
Russian
objective of the Convention
objective
of the
increase
in globalThese
temperature
below 2inter
degrees
This objective
can
Federation
of 2 April
2014
No. 504-p).
acts provide,
alia,Celsius.
for organization
of GHG
(Article 2)
be forecasting
achieved with
of all Parties ofscale
the future
agreement.
emissions
at efforts
the economy-wide
and climate
for each
individual sector. The Russian

Sources
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The World Factbook.
Retrieved from
https://
www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/geos/rs.html
United Nations Framework for Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/di/DetailedByParty/Event.do?event=go
United States Geological Society (USGS), 2011 Minerals
Yearbook Russia

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