Limiting emissions: Putin agrees to ratify the Paris accord this year and declared that Russia must do whatever it can to mitigate the effects of global warming. — Reuters
Moscow: Russia has ditched plans to set greenhouse-gas emissions targets for companies as a sign of its commitment to fighting climate change, following lobbying from big businesses that risked fines if they didn’t comply.
The measure was part of a bill intended to accompany Russia’s ratification of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change in September.
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