Russian Kyoto Compliance Summary
Element of compliance
Current status in Russia
Emissions
Russia well below target
++
Policies and measures
enough to show activity
+
Registry
a simple registry is easy, quick and cheap to establish
-
Reporting
Easy to improve if better inventories and more cooperation between administrative units
-
Inventories
Data missing, quality not consistent with IPCC requirements
--
++will not cause problems;
+ will not cause serious problems;
- will cause problems but easy to solve;
-- will cause problems, difficult to solve.
Source: Korppoo, Anna (Dec. 2004) ÒRussia and Compliance under Kyoto: An Institutional Approach,Ó The Royal Institute of International Affairs. p. 8.