Ghost of Kyoto Protocol haunts Russia's energy plans

RTCC: The Russian government has recently endorsed a draft state program for energy efficiency and energy sector development that lists part of the Kyoto Protocol as a major source of funding, months after leaving the UN emissions cutting process. In what looks like a textbook example of Russia`s climate policy schizophrenia, it has listed a $4.6bn contribution from Joint Implementation (JI), a financial mechanism of the UN's Kyoto Protocol (KP), which Russia left during the climate talks in Doha last...

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