INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
recent study co-authored by Moscow-based climatologist Alexander Chernokulsky and economist Igor Makarov.As manmade global warming
recalling visits to permafrost-covered regions in the north.The expert requested anonymity due to their affiliation with a group that has
inhabitants in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district], or rather what's left of it, as the building was simply demolished due to it becoming
tropical nights (with minimum temperatures above 20 C) for Russia in the future and concluded that extreme heatwaves will pose the greatest
as the Arkhangelsk region.That would result in more deaths from excessive heat, disproportionately affecting the elderly, individuals with
chronic illnesses and those living below the poverty line, the study noted.The health risks tied to abnormal warmth will be greater in the
and the south of the Far East, the study found.While the worst-case emissions scenario is less likely, a path resulting in about 3.6 C of
well as the Omsk region, declared a state of emergency in 2023 due to a drought that destroyed seedings.Despite a rise in annual
precipitation in the country in general, some southern regions witnessed a 25% decrease in summer rainfall from 1976 to 2022.Climate-induced
and southern Russia, the study found.Major grain-producing regions such as the Rostov, Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, which already face
water shortages, are likely to see worsening conditions due to climate change.The southern regions of the Urals and western Siberia also
food security.The anonymous climate expert said Tatarstan as well as the Voronezh and Volgograd regions are particularly prone to water
farmers in Tatarstan who showed dried-up wells and talked about how they are forced to slaughter their livestock because there's simply
nothing to feed them," they said.Moreover, the researchers found that the Moscow, Voronezh and Chelyabinsk regions are likely to be
measures are not implemented, these regions will experience the greatest losses in terms of both population and economy due to climate
Central Russia and southwestern Siberia are facing more frequent downpours and storms, while the Black Sea coast is experiencing
damage in climate-exposed regions reaching 5-6% of their gross product.In the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district, whose inhabitants are
already observing the alarming effects of the climate crisis firsthand, local authorities currently spend tens of millions of rubles
steps to prepare for the impending reality of a dangerously warmer world.Adapting to the inevitableThe notion that Russia can benefit from
climate change has circulated in the country for decades
President Vladimir Putin famously joked in 2003 that Russians would not need to buy as many fur coats on a warmer planet.A recent report
from the Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives suggests positive aspects of climate change such as prolonged navigation along major
rivers and increased economic value of Russia's abundant natural resources like water, forests and soil.Still, in its climate doctrine last
updated in October, Russia recognized climate change as a threat to national security and acknowledged the need for timely adaptation to the
"inevitable" climate change in the coming decades.Some regions have already rolled out adaptation programs, utilizing new equipment for
monitoring wildfire hazards in the Irkutsk region or expanding heat-tolerant plant cultivation in annexed Crimea.Existing adaptation efforts
nonetheless fall short of what is needed, experts told The Moscow Times.For permafrost melt, the quality of adaptation programs varies
widely from region to region, said Nikita Tananaev, laboratory director at North-Eastern Federal University and lead researcher at the
country had already experienced the nightmare of the 2010 heatwave, the loss of tens of millions of hectares of forests due to fires from
