Projects developed under the Agency for Strategic Initiatives program “Adaptation of Russian regions to climate change” are now being implemented throughout the country. There are 42 projects in total, and most of them are designed to reduce damage resulting from high climate risks.
Thus, to combat forest fires, lightning direction finders are created that detect lightning strikes over an area of more than 5 thousand square meters. m, help adjust patrol routes and quickly respond to fires. The technology has already been tested in the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia.
In the Leningrad region, they concentrated on the “rehabilitation” of areas where peat was being mined. They are periodically flooded, and fires are common here. But in the future, these lands can also be put into economic use.
In the Kaluga region they are developing a geoinformation service that will allow storing information and predicting climate risks and damage.
In the Urals, sowing campaign was stopped due to snowfalls
A sharp cold snap and snowfalls in the Sverdlovsk region caused the suspension of the sowing campaign. Although local farmers are already out in the field...