Guardian Environment Network: Perestroika and permafrost: Moscow's new interest in climate change | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Original: Guardian Environment Network: Perestroika and permafrost: Moscow's new interest in climate change | Environment | guardian.co.uk

In April, Vladimir Putin and his ministers approved a new climate 'doctrine' – well, that's how they call these things in Moscow – which for the first time officially recognizes severe risks of global warming and calls for immediate action.