Russia

What looked like a boon has turned into a nightmare for the 130 farming families in the Caucasus village of Khaishi, Georgia. They feel cheated out of the us $330,000 that an oil company owed them

Publication Date:

14/02/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040215

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0

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Land Use, Compensation, Petrochemical Industry, Russia

Economy

For oil s sake?

Could oil be the reason for the European Investment Bank (eib) giving a loan to Russia for a wastewater treatment plant? Pursuant to a decision taken by the European Council in Stockholm, the

Publication Date:

14/02/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040215

pp:

0

Tags:

Russia

India

Putin s passion

Addressing a meeting of Russian and European Union (eu) business leaders early this month, President Vladimir Putin said that "we often unfortunately face excessively tough requirements, which are

Publication Date:

14/01/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20040115

pp:

0

Tags:

WTO, Oil, Russia, European Union (EU)

Climate Change

With Russia blowing hot and cold on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the ninth conference of parties COP 9 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC was reduced to a near non event. The meeting held in Milan, Italy, from December 1 12 and

Publication Date:

30/12/2003

Author(s): Neelam Singh

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

UNFCCC, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Russia, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, European Union (EU)

India

Time for a rethink

The climate regime needs to get out of the rut it is in

Publication Date:

14/12/2003

Author(s): William Moomaw, Adil Najam

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031215

pp:

0

Tags:

UNFCCC, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Russia, United States Of America (US), Global, Developing Countries

Climate Change

Kyoto in trouble

Russia may not ratify it. And even if it does, it s not going to do so anytime soon. That was the message, loud and clear, from the Russian president Vladimir Putin and his aides at the recent World Climate Change Conference held in Moscow, Russia, recent

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031031

pp:

0

Tags:

Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Economic Development, Russia, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)

Climate Change

Russia reneging on Kyoto?

The earth is hotter than it has been in the past 2000 years and the largest ice shelf in the Artic has broken into two after having existed for 3000 years. But all that Russia does is procrastinate over endorsing the Kyoto Protocol

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Author(s): Clifford Polycarp

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Glaciers, Climate Change, Global Warming, WTO, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Industry, Russia, Sustainable Development