| Opening Remarks at Security Council Meeting on Climate Change March 17, 2010 The Kremlin, Moscow Выступление на заседании Совета Безопасности по вопросам изменения климата 17 марта 2010 года Москва, Кремль PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Colleagues, The Security Council is meeting today to examine the whole range of issues related to the environmental, economic and social consequences of global climate change. Of course, timely evaluation and suitable responses need to be one of our national priorities. The global community has attempted on a number of occasions to tackle this problem over recent years, but without much visible impact so far. The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference failed to produce results. The prospects for an international agreement on climate change are still not clear, although everyone continues to work, of course. As a responsible country, we however remain committed to our chosen strategy, namely, developing an energy-efficient economy, modern 'green' technology, and a modern energy sector, thus reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. No matter how the situation develops it is in Russia's environmental and economic interests to pursue this strategy. This is without question an issue concerning our national security, and this is why we are examining this matter here today. Russia's Climate Doctrine, which was approved at the end of last year, is based on this same strategy. Its implementation involves carrying out state ... |
