The decree on the approval of the national action plan for the second stage of adaptation to climate change was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin
The plan is designed for the period up to 2025 and contains 17 activities, which are grouped into federal, sectoral and regional blocks. They provide organizational, legal, scientific, methodological and informational support for the necessary adaptation measures.
In particular, the document implies the improvement of the insurance mechanism taking into account the risks of natural disasters, the creation and implementation of new technological solutions aimed at studying the climate, the formation of a list of the best Russian and international practices for adapting economic sectors to climate change, annual monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of existing adaptation measures.
In order to develop a climate risk management system, it is planned to compile a list of existing and prospective data obtained using spacecraft. In addition, it is planned to create a special information resource with scenarios of climate change in Russia. This resource will include climate characteristics and different climate scenarios for each region. Based on it, an assessment of possible economic damage from climate impacts will be carried out and a consolidated list of climatically vulnerable objects will be compiled.
In the Arctic zone of Russia, it is planned to monitor the condition and stability of soils within settlements and production facilities and, based on its results, prepare the necessary proposals in the field of technical regulation.
The plan also provides for the development of university programs, professional retraining and advanced training programs in the field of climate risks and adaptation of economic sectors to climate change.
The National action plan for the first stage of adaptation to climate change until 2022 was approved by the Government in 2019. Previously developed federal sectoral and regional plans for adaptation to climate change will be updated taking into account the signed order. The action plan of the third stage for the period up to 2028 will be prepared by the end of 2025.
