ØBasic UNFCCC & Kyoto Protocol
ØWhat are the GHG trends and sources?
ØWhat is happening with regard to temperature trends?
ØWhat has been RussiaÕs history regarding Kyoto?
ØWho are RussiaÕs Kyoto stakeholder
players?
ØWhy was RussiaÕs ratification important to the
Kyoto Protocol?
ØWhy did Russia ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
ØHow can the Kyoto Protocol affect RussiaÕs economy?
ØHow does Russia affect the EU Emission Trading
Scheme?
ØHow will RussiaÕs ÒHot AirÓ affect the price of GHG
credits?
ØWhat is the rationale for Russian compliance with
Kyoto?
ØWhat are the elements for Russian institutional
compliance?
ØWhat are the Russian compliance problems?
ØBigger questions: carbon trading & social justice,
Clean Development Mechanism vs Clean
Development Fund, international ÒHot AirÓ trading, role of
U.S. as Kyoto opponent, role of World Bank