Cop27: ending war in Ukraine necessary to tackle climate crisis, Zelenskiy says
by Fiona Harvey, Nina Lakhani, and Damian Carrington from on (#65KT1)
Ukrainian president says Russia's invasion has forced dozens of countries to resume coal-fired power to alleviate energy costs
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has told world leaders they will not be able to tackle the climate crisis unless Russia's invasion of his country ends.
There can be no effective climate policy without the peace," he said in a video address at the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday. The Russian war has brought about an energy crisis that has forced dozens of countries to resume coal-fired power generation in order to lower energy prices for their people, to lower prices that are shockingly rising due to deliberate Russian actions."
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