COP27: War causing huge release of climate warming gas, claims Ukraine

Ukraine tells UN climate summit it will use evidence of environmental crimes to sue Russia.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused a large amount of warming gases to be released into the atmosphere, Ukraine has claimed at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt.Ukraine said it is collecting evidence of environmental crimes with which to sue Russia.The war has led directly to emissions of 33 million tons of greenhouse gases that warm the Earth's atmosphere, claimed Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine's environmental protection minister.

The minister also said his delegation at the climate summit does not plan to meet Russian representatives in Egypt. "If we do accidentally, we won't talk to them," he said.

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