President Biden’s climate czar, John Kerry, warned Wednesday that Russia’s war against Ukraine is going to distract the world from the climate change crisis and produce “massive emissions” that will negatively impact the globe.
“I’m concerned about Ukraine because of the people of Ukraine and because of the principles that are at risk, in terms of international law and trying to change boundaries of international law by force,” Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, said in an interview on BBC Arabic, MEMRI reported Wednesday.
“I thought we lived in a world that had said no to that kind of activity. And I hope diplomacy will win.”
“But massive emissions consequences to the war – but equally importantly, you’re going to lose people’s focus, you’re going to lose certainly big country attention because they will be diverted and I think it could have a damaging impact,” he continued.
“So, you know, I think hopefully President Putin would realize that in the northern part of his country, they used to live on 66% of the nation that was over frozen land.”
“Now it’s thawing, and his infrastructure is at risk,” he added. “And the people of Russia are at risk. And so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate.”
Kerry, who has faced criticism for his own impact on climate change, made similar comments Sunday when he told GZERO Media’s Ian Bremmer that a Russian invasion of Ukraine will have a “monumental impact on the ability and willingness of people to do what’s necessary” to curb emissions, and it will be “very tough for the climate agenda, there’s no question about it.”
Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Thursday by land, air, and sea in the largest military attack of one state against another on the European continent since World War II.
The wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday hit cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.
Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war” that could rewrite the geopolitical order.
According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian transport plane was shot down, killing five soldiers.
At least 40 Ukrainian military members are believed to have died as Russia continues to invade the country. Those death estimates are expected to rise.
h/t Rúnar O.
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Its ok if the whole world gets invaded and taken over by tyrants, as long as they still pay homage to the Global Warming hoax.
How embarrassing.
Clueless Kerry’s climate fraud has fed Russia’s ability to wage war by feeding her economy. So has Trudeau. So has Biden. In one term, Trump made our economies energy independent. And resulted in starving Putin’s Russia of their ability to make war. Now the energy foolish left has reversed all that. In a year.
It is difficult for me to believe that John Kerry can be so totally ignorant about climate.
Worse yet, he has absolutely idea that he could be wrong.
Isn’t there anybody that can take him aside an knock some sense into him??
No Allan, you’ve got to knock him Out ! Imagine, innocent people are being killed,
and Kerry the Klown has to worry about the climate! Really!
Go tend to your Air Conditioners you Imbecile
Kerry should immolate himself to protest and draw attention to the climate change crisis. The Washington Mall would be a good venue.
Self – immolation, the sincerest way to admit guilt and failure. No Green would ever do it because they don’t suffer the consequences of their failing ideas. They will never admit that a reunited Germany under Angela Merkel encouraged Putin’s aggression . Putin started his political career in East Germany. Nuff said.