Anna Korppoo, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, Nina Tynkkynen, Professor in Environmental Governance and Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics, and Law, Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Geir Hønneland, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

‘Is Russian participation in international environmental regimes motivated by environmental concerns, economic interests, or broader foreign policy goals? Anna Korppoo, Nina Tynkkynen, and Geir Hønneland address this question by examining the internal policy discourses surrounding climate change, environmental protection in the Baltic Sea, and fishery management in the Barents Sea.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Environmental Regimes and Russia’s Approaches to Environmental and Foreign Policy 3. The Global Case: The Climate Regime 4. The Regional Case: Protecting the Environment of the Baltic Sea 5. The Bilateral Case: Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea 6. Discussion: Two levels of Discourses in Russian Environmental Policy 7. Conclusion: Environmental Encounters? References Index

Anna Korppoo, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, Nina Tynkkynen, Professor in Environmental Governance and Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics, and Law, Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Geir Hønneland, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

‘Is Russian participation in international environmental regimes motivated by environmental concerns, economic interests, or broader foreign policy goals? Anna Korppoo, Nina Tynkkynen, and Geir Hønneland address this question by examining the internal policy discourses surrounding climate change, environmental protection in the Baltic Sea, and fishery management in the Barents Sea.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Environmental Regimes and Russia’s Approaches to Environmental and Foreign Policy 3. The Global Case: The Climate Regime 4. The Regional Case: Protecting the Environment of the Baltic Sea 5. The Bilateral Case: Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea 6. Discussion: Two levels of Discourses in Russian Environmental Policy 7. Conclusion: Environmental Encounters? References Index

Anna Korppoo, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, Nina Tynkkynen, Professor in Environmental Governance and Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics, and Law, Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Geir Hønneland, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

‘Is Russian participation in international environmental regimes motivated by environmental concerns, economic interests, or broader foreign policy goals? Anna Korppoo, Nina Tynkkynen, and Geir Hønneland address this question by examining the internal policy discourses surrounding climate change, environmental protection in the Baltic Sea, and fishery management in the Barents Sea.’

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Environmental Regimes and Russia’s Approaches to Environmental and Foreign Policy 3. The Global Case: The Climate Regime 4. The Regional Case: Protecting the Environment of the Baltic Sea 5. The Bilateral Case: Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea 6. Discussion: Two levels of Discourses in Russian Environmental Policy 7. Conclusion: Environmental Encounters? References Index