The Arctic – The ‘Weather Kitchen’. Key Quotes

This report presents the results of the 2018 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) second assessment that deals with ocean acidification from an Arctic-wide perspective and complements several assessments that AMAP has delivered over past years.

The experts of the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) present an article proposing a scenario of gradual implementation of emission control tools in Russia.

The stress on the earth’s natural systems caused by human activity has considerably worsened in the 25 years since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit in Brazil. As a result of the "great acceleration"1 in human economic activity since the mid-20th century, research from many earth system scientists’ suggests that life on land could be entering a period of unprecedented environmental systems change.

The report was prepared as a result of the event «Russian-Finnish Cooperation in the Field of Sustainable Development in the Arctic Region» as part of the ThinkArctic Project, organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, and the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation.