Experts have named a new threat facing Russia

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Experts have named a new threat facing Russia

Experts have named a new threat facing Russia

Russia must take urgent action to avoid the global challenges posed by climate change. This is stated by those interviewed by the Gazeta.ru portal … RIA Novosti, 04/04/2021

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MOSCOW, April 3 – RIA Novosti. Russia must take urgent action to avoid the global challenges posed by climate change. This was stated by experts interviewed by the Gazeta.ru portal. Previously, Cornell University scientists found that since the 1960s, humanity has lost 21% of the growth in agricultural production due to climate change. This equates to the loss of productivity growth over the past seven years. As the study authors pointed out, despite the development of the world’s agricultural industry, it is not becoming more resilient to climate change. At the same time, the UN warned of the impending “catastrophe” because of this: the threat of hunger, according to the organization, is worth about 34 million people in the world. droughts and other meteorological and climatic phenomena ”, commented Georgy Safonov, director of the Center for Environmental Economics and Natural Resources of the Higher School of Economics, commenting on the conclusions of the American scientists. He added that climate problems also apply to Russia. So, on the one hand, since 1990, the yield in the country has been growing, but in 2010 and 2012 due to droughts, farmers lost 33% and 25% of the grain harvest. Natural disasters continue to damage agriculture, destroying land and crops, the specialist continued. He did not rule out that by 2040 due to climatic changes, the yield could decrease by 20%. Alexei Kokorin, director of WWF-Russia’s “Climate and Energy” program, noted an increase in the number of droughts in the Lower Volga region. According to him, this was due to global warming. He predicted a decline in yields in the southern European part of Russia. “These negative trends also cover Russia, although, of course, it affects Asia and Africa to a much greater extent,” Kokorin said. Safonov, in turn, now urged to work on the strategy and mechanisms to adapt agriculture to climate change in Russia. According to Kokorin, for these purposes, our country should introduce new technologies in agriculture and use new crops. He also noted that the situation for Russia will generally be normal if all countries deliver on their promises to reduce carbon emissions. Russia is developing and implementing measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and protect the environment. For example, in November, President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to ensure by 2030 the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 70% compared to 1990 levels and to create a strategy for the development of a low-emission country. of greenhouse gases until 2050. one of whose objectives is to reduce the carbon footprint of goods produced in the country.

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