Russian Federation — Keynote Address [International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power, Vienna (Austria), 7-11 October 2019]

Our State owned corporation possesses national nuclear competences in a broad spectrum of nuclear technologies and plays leading roles in worldwide nuclear development for peaceful purposes in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and through several dozens of bilateral agreements. Rosatom has been leading in nuclear power plant constructions internationally, thus helping newcomer countries to secure access to clean and affordable energy, as it is formulated in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Russia acknowledges climate change as a global threat with global consequences that are affecting the whole of humanity and brings new challenges to energy supply and global security. Russia is a party to the Paris Agreement of 2015 that aims at holding the global increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial level through limiting greenhouse gas emissions. According to International Energy Agency data of 2016, Russian contribution to global CO₂ emission is about 4%. Russia is among the main emitters, in 5th position after China, USA, EU and India. About 75% of greenhouse gas emissions come from the power generation sector, oil and gas production, metallurgy and transport.