19 February 2004 00:00
Emission of greenhouse gasses in Russia to remain stable
MOSCOW. Feb 19 (Interfax) - Russia's energy strategy until 2020 does not involve an increase in the emission of
greenhouse gases above the level in 1990, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Sergei Fyodorov said.
According to the Kyoto protocol, emissions of greenhouse gasses in all countries that sign the protocol, should not
exceed the level in 1990.
This level of emissions will only be reached in Russia at the end of 2020, Fyodorov said at an international forum in
Moscow.
He also said that an increase in the energy efficiency of production in Russia will be achieved from installing
energy conserving technology. Problems with the issue of monitoring emissions are a major minus in ratifying the Kyoto
protocol, he said.
The Kyoto protocol was signed in the Japanese city of Kyoto in 1997. This protocol is aimed a reducing emissions of
greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
Russia has expressed concern that the protocol may hold back economic growth in the country in the future.
Although 120 countries have already ratified the protocol, it can only come into effect when it is approved by enough
countries, accounting for 55% of emissions in the industrialized world based on figures from the 1990s. Without Russia
or the U.S. this threshold is impossible to cross: in 1990 the U.S. accounted for 36.1% of all emissions, and Russia -
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