Staff of the Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change Complete Advanced Training Programme at Sirius University

Anna Chistikova and Egor Muravyev, staff members of the Institute for Economics of Natural Resources and Climate Change at HSE University, completed an advanced training programme in climate diplomacy at Sirius University and took part in discussions on the outcomes of COP30.

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As part of the session Expectations of the Younger Generation from the COP30 Climate Agenda and Their Willingness to Contribute, held within the Parallel Events Programme of the UN Global Compact National Network in Russia at COP30, Anna Chistikova, Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies of the Institute, emphasised that international climate cooperation has made significant progress over the past 30 years—a very short period by the standards of international politics. At the same time, she stressed the need to move further, with particular attention to adaptation and climate finance. She also highlighted the importance of incorporating the voice of young people into decision-making processes related to the formulation and implementation of climate policy at the national level. States, she noted, could voluntarily include information on how young people were engaged in climate policymaking in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.

Anna Chistikova

Sirius University

Egor Muravyev, an expert at the Laboratory for Climate Change Economics of the Institute, pointed out that over the years of climate negotiations, countries have not only expanded cooperation but have also repeatedly faced setbacks. This experience demonstrates that progress takes time, is non-linear, and that multilateral negotiations require a long-term perspective. The key message of his contribution was a call to preserve and further develop existing formats of cooperation, including the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and other multilateral institutions that have been built up over decades. "Change should strengthen and improve what already works," Egor Muravyev concluded.

Egor Muravyev

Sirius University