Climate Change
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Russia is warming 2.5 times faster than the planet as a whole and the twoyear “first stage” plan is an indication the government officially recognises this as a problem, even though Vladimir Putin denies human activity is the cause- “Nobody knows the origins of global climate change”, seeming to cast doubt over whether global warming is of man-made origin and stating it could be blamed on cosmological processes. Even though he has many scientists on his team which has proved him wrong on this matter with physical proof, he is still in denial. Putin has also also criticised the Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, describing her as an uninformed, impressionable teenager possibly being “used” in someone’s interest and understands he may be hated for not being as ‘enthusiastic’ as everyone else. Russia has published a plan to adapt its economy and population to climate change, aiming to mitigate damage but also “use the advantages” of warmer temperatures.
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