Russian shelling has destroyed five million acres of forest in Ukraine in less than six months, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a blistering attack on Vladimir Putin’s war and its global ramifications.
The war is “destroying the world’s ability to work united for a common goal”, the Ukrainian president said in a video address to world leaders during the COP27 climate summit.
“There can be no effective climate policy without the peace on the Earth” if nations are too preoccupied “thinking only about how to protect themselves here and now from their threats”, he argued.
Pakistan makes emotional plea – COP latest
Russia‘s war and cutting-off of gas supplies has sent prices soaring, triggering countries including the UK, Germany, India and Pakistan to burn more coal – the dirtiest fossil fuel – to keep the lights on.
On Monday, the Russian delegation told Sky News that an energy crisis was brewing before its “special operation” in Ukraine.
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