Myths and Reefs of the Climate Agenda

Abstract

The climate agenda in the context of the global warming threat has become the most important topic in world politics, economics, and ecology in recent decades, with greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide, recognized as the main cause. The paper questions this approach, from its climatic and physical-chemical foundations to the consequences of rising air temperatures. It shows the inadequacy of focusing most environmental and economic measures on fighting greenhouse gases to the detriment of other problems, which are much more important. Given this position, Russia’s climate doctrine, whose geographic, environmental, economic and energy conditions have their own peculiarities, should be adjusted; including the inexpediency of forcing the pace of the fourth energy transition. The authors are convinced that the greenhouse-carbon concept and related policy calls and measures are actually a brake on the “green” economy.