Low Carbon Development

On April 17, 2024, the first seminar "Landscape and ecological assessment of Lake Kezenoi-Am and its surroundings for the purpose of master planning of the territory" was held.

From January 15 to February 15, the project website is accepting applications to organise and conduct expeditions for the 2024 season as part of the Rediscovering Russia project. In 2023, 1,000 students from 157 universities took part in the expeditions.

On September 1st, a new season of the open Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) started. This competition is aimed at developing the potential of university students who are interested in academic activities. Students, as well as 2023 graduates of Russian and foreign universities, can submit their papers for the competition until October 15^th, 2023. This year SRPC turns 20 years old, throughout the competition’s history, Vadim Radaev, HSE University’s First Vice Rector, has been the chair of the organising committee. In today’s interview, he talks about the history of the competition and the key stages in its development.

A group of UN experts has announced that the Earth's ozone layer will recover by the year 2060. Dr. Dmitry Zamolodchikov, a biologist and academic mentor of the "Low-Carbon Development Management" program, discussed the impact of the Montreal Protocol on mitigating the consequences of climate change and explained the concept of stratospheric aerosol injection.