{"id":116150,"date":"2025-08-06T15:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/?p=116150"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:52:36","slug":"putin-authorizes-rise-in-russias-greenhouse-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africatodaynewsnewyork.com\/2025\/08\/06\/putin-authorizes-rise-in-russias-greenhouse-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Authorizes Rise In Russia\u2019s Greenhouse Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> has signed a new decree that permits the country to raise its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20 percent by 2035, compared to 2021 levels \u2014 a move that has drawn sharp criticism from climate advocates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although Russia has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2060, the revised target now allows for emissions to rise to approximately two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent within the next decade. This figure is notably higher than the 2021 emission level of 1.7 billion tonnes, though still below the Soviet-era peak of 3.1 billion tonnes recorded in 1990.<\/p>\n

The policy, signed into law on Wednesday, calls for emissions to fall to 65\u201367 percent of 1990 levels by 2035. The government is also instructed to factor in the carbon-absorbing capacity of Russia\u2019s expansive forests, which cover more than half the country\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups have slammed the updated trajectory as insufficient in the face of escalating global climate threats. Russia remains the world\u2019s fourth-largest carbon emitter, and its climate commitments have long been criticized as falling short of international standards.<\/p>\n

Russia has cautioned against phasing out fossil fuels at previous climate summits.<\/p>\n

Its economy is largely dependent on oil and gas exports and it has repeatedly set targets campaigners have described as unclear and unambitious.<\/p>\n

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Read also: Russia: Minister Sacked By Putin Committed Suicide<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Environmental experts have raised fresh concerns over Russia\u2019s decision to raise its greenhouse gas emissions cap by 2035, warning that the move could seriously undermine global efforts to contain climate change.<\/p>\n

A central point of contention is Russia\u2019s continued use of 1990 as its emissions benchmark. Analysts say this baseline is misleading, as the country\u2019s emissions plummeted by over 50 percent between 1990 and 2000\u2014not due to climate policy, but as a result of the industrial collapse that followed the Soviet Union\u2019s disintegration.<\/p>\n

While Russia has signed the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels, the country\u2019s revised emissions strategy appears at odds with that ambition. Under the new decree, signed by President Vladimir Putin, emissions could rise by around 20 percent from 2021 levels, reaching roughly two billion tonnes of CO\u2082 equivalent by 2035.<\/p>\n

Adding to the urgency, Russia is already heating up 2.5 times faster than the global average, according to the head of the country\u2019s own meteorological agency. Meanwhile, the UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the world faces a 50\/50 chance of breaching the 1.5\u00b0C threshold as early as the 2030s\u2014an outcome that would have devastating and irreversible consequences for ecosystems, economies, and vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n

Environmentalists say the Kremlin\u2019s latest move signals a troubling lack of urgency in a country where climate change is accelerating visibly\u2014from raging wildfires in Siberia to rapidly thawing permafrost that threatens infrastructure and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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