Can climate laggards change? Russia, like Australia, first needs to overcome significant domestic resistance
- Written by: Ellie Martus, Lecturer in Public Policy, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University
Former US president Barack Obama took specific aim at Russia at the Glasgow COP26 climate talks this week. According to Obama, the fact Russian President Vladimir Putin (as well as Chinese President Xi Jinping) declined to attend the conference reflects “a dangerous absence of urgency, a willingness to maintain the status quo” on...