Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a government meeting said that he had signed a decree ratifying the Paris climate deal, RIA Novosti reported.

Medvedev explained that possible climate change poses a threat to the ecological balance, agriculture and the safety of people who live in permafrost. He noted that work to reduce emissions is carried out as part of the national project ‘Ecology’.

Moscow signed the deal three and a half years ago.