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Being an inland city, Moscow is anyway vulnerable to extreme weather, in the form of heatwaves and very cold weather, storm and heavy rains. Without action, further climate change, MoscowпїЅs population growth, and other challenges will increase the risk of severe impacts. Preparing for extreme weather and further climate change is about managing risks and increasing our city resilience to them пїЅ it is therefore as much about the economy, quality of life and social equality, as about the environment. Moscow star...

Since 2014 Russia has been developing and implementing a new environmental policy based on the concept Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control and Best Available Techniques. Transition to Integrated Environmental Permits is gradual: first 300 industries characterized as пїЅkey pollutersпїЅ have to obtain permits in the period of 2019-2022. They will be followed by at least 5-6 thousand industries of nearly 30 economic sectors. Within the construction materials industry sector, several older cement plants are l...