Soviet Climate Change Science: Domestic Debates, International Collaboration and Future Climates (1) (Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe)

By: Jonathan D. Oldfield and Vladimir Jankovic and Julia Lajus and Katja Doose and Nina Kruglikova and Denis J.B. Shaw

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Synopsis: Soviet Climate Change Science explores the character and range of Soviet contributions to the emerging understanding of large-scale anthropogenic climate change during the post-1945 period. More specifically, it examines the role of Soviet scientists in helping to shape the debate, both domestically and on the international stage, and with a particular focus on the period 1960s to the 1980s.The book details the institutional underpinnings of Soviet activity in this area, the main scientific debates evident within key centres of climate-related science and the activities of Soviet scientists with respect to a range of international collaborations such as the 1972 US-USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection, the early work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Greenhouse Glasnost initiative, which included the world’s first teleconference on climate change. It concludes with a reflection on the extent to which Soviet scientific legacies continued to shape Russian approaches to climate change post-1991.This book will be of interest to those working on the historical and sociocultural aspects of climate change, providing the first detailed assessment of Soviet involvement in this critical area of scientific activity.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 184 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040705834
Related ISBNs:: 9781032658339, 9781032658308, 9781040501092
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/10/25
Copyrighted By:: Jonathan D. Oldfield, Vladimir Janković, Katja Doose, Nina Kruglikova, Denis J.B. Shaw and Julia Lajus. The right of Jonathan D. Oldfield, Vladimir Janković, Katja Doose, Nina Kruglikova, Denis J.B. Shaw and Julia Lajus to be identified as authors of this
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Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
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