Anna Bessonova is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.
Anna Bessonova was coordinator of the Moscow Center’s Economic Policy Program. She joined the Center in 2002.
Bessonova combines her academic background with extensive experience of administrative work in commercial companies, having served as head of administrative department at the Moscow office of the British company AVICOM Systems, personal assistant to the head of the representative office of YAPITEK Construction Co, and assistant to the head of sales department at the Moscow office of the Singapore-based AGIO Group. She had also worked for three years at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for Systems Analysis.
Changes wrought by the consequences of global warming have had a significant influence on economic activity in the Arctic.
Russia has pulled out of quantitative commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. However, as one of the world’s most energy-intensive economies, Russia has a potentially significant role to play in reducing climate change.
The climate change negotiations in Durban did not succeed in developing a joint system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Developing and developed countries should consolidate their efforts to achieve a new global agreement.
Countries have good reasons to become actively involved in developing effective climate policies, since underestimating global trends could significantly affect their economic competitiveness.
The hydrocarbon industries of the former Soviet Union are undergoing innovative development. In Russia, conditions both enable and inhibit the construction of a new economy focused on incentives for innovation.
