Climate delegates snub Russian address as activists fear geopolitical setbacks
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#601JE)
World risks sleepwalking to disaster', officials told, as Bonn summit envoys walk out during Russian address
Delegates have walked out of a session at a climate summit in Bonn on Monday as a Russian official made a speech, in a sign of the geopolitical tensions overshadowing the negotiations.
The low-key protest marked the first intervention by Russia in a UN climate forum since the invasion of Ukraine, but it did not stop the talks.
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