Climate Change Post-Soviet

Collected news about climate change with interest spanning the Eurasian landmass: East and Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Siberia, Arctic, post-Soviet states. This page is maintained in part through the Sophomore Research Assistant Program at the College of Wooster.

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Russia Risks Arctic Environmental Disaster in Pursuit of Profit and Power - The Moscow Times

Opinion | As climate change accelerates, the once distant and frozen Arctic is transforming into a controversial industrial frontier.

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Two Russian tankers wreck in Kerch Strait storm, killing one sailor and risking ‘one of largest environmental disasters’ ever in Black Sea —

Russian emergency workers scrambled on Sunday to rescue the crew members of two oil tankers that suffered accidents as severe weather hit th

Follow-up article: https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/miles-of-shoreline-in-russia-s-krasnodar-krai-polluted-after-tankers-spill-oil-into-black-sea

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Europe’s messy Russian gas divorce

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europeans scrambled to end their dependency on Russian gas—but two years later, much remains to be done.

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Siberia's 'mammoth graveyard' reveals 800-year human interactions with woolly beasts

Woolly mammoths are evocative of a bygone era, when Earth was gripped within an Ice Age. Current knowledge places early mammoth ancestors in

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The State of Ukraine’s Energy Sector after Ten Years of War

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Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges

Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.

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Ukrainian diplomats negotiate both climate change and Russia's war on their nation at COP28 in Dubai

While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia’s war on the country lurks just in the

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As COP28 Kicks Off, Russia Seeks to Assert Its Role in Global Climate Fight - The Moscow Times

As tens of thousands of delegates gathered in Dubai for the UN’s COP28 climate conference Thursday, negotiators from around the world will o

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The Dangerous Myth of the “Good War”

The fantasy that the war in Ukraine is a war to secure democracy around the world has taken root among well-meaning liberals.

US and NATO economic interests can't be separated from their involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine or climate inaction.

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Marco D'Eramo, Darning the Planet — Sidecar

Climate crisis and the political class.

Seemingly good intentions missing the point

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Holding the COP27 Summit in Egypt’s Police State Creates a Moral Crisis for the Climate Movement

The ongoing hunger strike of Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah forcefully reminds us that there can be no meaningful climate ac

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Is the Paris Agreement Working? - Inside Climate News

Promising climate action is one thing, but it’s not always easy for countries to deliver on the pledges they’ve made to reduce greenhouse ga

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Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action - Nature Climate Change

Time is short to secure a liveable and sustainable future; yet, inaction from governments, industry and civil society is setting the course

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This will definitely work! /s

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Cédric Durand, Cold Peace — Sidecar

Dynamics of the Russian political economy.

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Whatever His Motives, Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Fueled by Oil and Gas - Inside Climate News

With a Russian military convoy advancing on her city of Kyiv, Ukraine’s leading climate scientist made an emotional plea at last week’s meet

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This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats | Bill McKibben

After Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, America turned its industrial prowess to building tanks, bombers and destroyers. Now, we must respond

'We' seems to mean 'the US' in a not unproblematic sense, but one might see past that to the points about fossil fuel dependency and international politics.

"[The war in Ukraine] is a war underwritten by oil and gas, a war whose most crucial weapon may be oil and gas, a war we can’t fully engage because we remain dependent on oil and gas. If you want to stand with the brave people of Ukraine, you need to find a way to stand against oil and gas."