RUSSIA'S ROLE IN PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE  AND RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS

Dmitry Mun

doi:10.61260/2074-1626-2025-2-40-50

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RUSSIA'S ROLE IN PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS

Published in LAW. SAFETY. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS · Pages 40–50 · Rubric: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL LEGAL SCIENCES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61260/2074-1626-2025-2-40-50

Received: 19.01.2025 Accepted: 20.02.2025 Published: 11.07.2025

Authors

Dmitry Mun

SPIN

Dmitry Mun

Academic degree: candidate of economic sciences

Agency «Emercom» deputy director · Russian Federation · Moscow

VNII GOChS (FC) of EMERCOM of Russia leading researcher · Russian Federation · Moscow

SPIN

ABSTRACT

Consideration of climate change is one of the key long-term security factors of the Russian Federation, and recognition of the problem of global climate change is one of the priorities of the domestic and foreign policy of the Russian Federation. The article discusses the problem of global warming in detail, provides information on changes in global surface air temperature in Russia and around the world. The features of climatic changes in the territory of country, including in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, are considered. The role of forests in achieving carbon neutrality goals is outlined, as well as the impact of forest fires in climate change. Information about the wooded area of Russia is provided. The forecast data of experts from the United Nations Office for disaster risk reduction on the number of natural disasters by 2030, the magnitude of projected damage from natural disasters by 2050, as well as the UNEP forecast on the growth of forest fires by 2030, 2050 and 2100 are presented. The problem of reducing the activities of the USA in the field of solving the problem of climate change is highlighted.

KEYWORDS

climate change, global warming, natural emergencies, forest fires, Arctic, United Nations Office for disaster risk reduction, Climate doctrine of the Russian Federation, carbon neutrality (net zero)

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Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Saint-Petersburg university of State fire service of EMERCOM of Russia

Stanislav Nemchenko

Head of the Research and Editorial Activities Department at the St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia

Anastasia Domnicheva

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Mun D. V. RUSSIA'S ROLE IN PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS // . 2025. pp. 40-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61260/2074-1626-2025-2-40-50. (Date of access 20.08.2026).

MLA

Dmitry Mun. "RUSSIA'S ROLE IN PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS." (2025): 40-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61260/2074-1626-2025-2-40-50.

APA

Mun D. V. (2025). RUSSIA'S ROLE IN PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS. , 40-50. https://doi.org/10.61260/2074-1626-2025-2-40-50

Chicago

Dmitry Mun. "RUSSIA'S ROLE IN PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS." , no. (2025): 40-50. https://doi.org/10.61260/2074-1626-2025-2-40-50.

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