Russia vetoes UN resolution highlighting climate change as security threat
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Russia on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have classified climate change as a threat to international peace and security.The vote crushed a longtime effort to make global warming a more prominent issue within the U.N. body, according to The Associated Press.Some 113 of the U.N.'s 193 member countries supported the resolution, including 12 of the 15 members of the council, the AP reported. The resolution...

Russia just vetoed against UN climate resolution.

    • @Thann
      4•2 years ago

      Skips over the real reason: they sell oil and will likely become more habitable in a warmer globe =/

      • @nutomicA
        3•2 years ago

        The article mentions that China and India are also against the resolution…

  • @cooncatsarecool
    1•2 years ago

    when climate change get worse and russia cries help, we will whisper no on the darkness-smart ppl

    • @pingveno
      1•2 years ago

      Problem is, they might be actually quite pleased, as @Thann@lemmy.ml pointed out. Much of Russia is very cold, so they stand to benefit from opening more of the country up to development. Of course, much of that development would likely go to climate refugees.