Moscow: Kremlin on Wednesday rejected the criticism of US President Joe Biden against President Vladimir Putin because it did not appear on the COP26 Summit, said Moscow was serious about climate change.
“We disagree,” said Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Biden’s accusations that China and Russia failed to show leadership in climate change.
“We certainly do not minimize the importance of events in Glasgow, but Russian actions are consistent and wise and serious,” he said.
Biden on Tuesday attacked in Putin because he did not attend the conference, saying: “His tunda burned – literally, Tundra caught fire.
He has serious climate problems, seriously, and he is the willingness to do anything.” PESKOV said Moscow was well aware of the effects of climate change and actually faced “more serious challenges” than other countries.
“The tundra is really burned.
But don’t forget that the forest caught fire in California, the forest caught fire in Turkey, and in other countries,” he said.
PESKOV said Russia had taken a “very responsible” position on climate change with a long-term plan to reduce emissions and diversify energy sources.
He said Biden might not realize these plans when he spoke and when the next two leaders met directly, “President Putin will have a great opportunity to tell the President of Biden about the climate”.
Peskov said last month that Putin would not attend COP26.
He did not tell, even though Putin rarely traveled out of Russia since the start of Pandemi Coronavirus, except the Summit with Biden in Geneva in June.
Putin said last month that Russia – the fourth highest carbon emitter – aimed at carbon neutrality in 2060.
It followed the previous appointment to cut carbon emissions down the European Union level in 2050.
Over the years famous for its skepticism about human-made global warming and said Russia vomited the benefits of it.
But the approach has changed when Russia – one of the largest oil and gas producers in the world – see the awesome effects of climate change.
This country has set many hot records in recent years, and increased temperatures have contributed to severe flooding and forest fires that have affected Siberia with increasing regularity.