Think tank e2 participated in the "Energy Efficiency and the Russian Economy:Trends and Links to Climate Policy" held on Friday, 16.10.2009. This is a "bite-size" lead into the topic and its vast challenges. 

In response to a question on her presentation, `Russian Emission Scenarios and Energy Policies´, Dr. Aleksandra Novikova captured the essence of the future challenges of Russia in regard to climate change, as documented in the seminar summary: 

"The ensuing Q&A session opened with a query as to what the conditions for an optimistic scenario are. Dr Novikova answered that what was needed was the market transformation of the Russian economy, ceasing the use of inefficient technology, a comprehensive introduction of policy tools and, in essence, required replacing the whole range of technology used in Russia."

For futher information on the seminar as well as the full summary, please go to:

http://www.upi-fiia.fi/en/event/235/

Päivi Kuusela/e2