‘Nobody knows’ causes of climate change: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday said “nobody knows” what causes climate change, seeming to cast doubt over whether global warming is of manmade origin and stating it could be blamed on cosmological processes. “Nobody knows the origins of global climate change,” Putin told reporters at the start of his marathon end-of-year news conference. “We know that in the history of our Earth there have been periods of warming and cooling and it could depend on processes in the universe,” he added. But Putin acknowledged that climate change was a major issue, saying we “must undertake maximum efforts to ensure that the climate does not change dramatically.” He insisted Russia’s emissions were far lower than those of major Western countries and that it stood by its obligations under the Paris climate accord.
Source: AFP
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