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Cli­mate dam­age caused by Rus­si­a’s war in Ukraine and what can be done about it

Accord­ing to a study, Rus­si­a’s war against Ukraine has so far caused cli­mate dam­age com­pa­ra­ble to the emis­sion of about 150 mil­lion tons of CO2. Troop trans­ports, refugee move­ments, but also, for exam­ple, by the con­se­quences of fires in build­ings, forests and land­scapes and oth­er nat­ur­al destruc­tion. So far, about a third of Ukraine’s forests … Con­tin­ued