The war damages the climate.
Just now.
An example that American researchers have calculated: A B52 bomber consumes as much fuel per hour as an average car driver would in seven years.
With Russian models it should not be less.
This shows the magnitude of the burden.
There are no exact figures on how much CO2 is emitted by a day of war.
Timo Steppat
Editor in Politics.
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The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 100 days.
A topic that previously determined everything has moved into the background: the fight against global warming.
Shortly after the beginning of the war, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) said that renewable energies were freedom energies.
Even though we've mainly talked about LNG terminals, gas embargoes and security of supply in recent months - what has happened in terms of expansion?
FAZ correspondent Christian Geinitz gives an overview.
The energy crisis, which is accompanied by the necessary isolation of Russia, means that coal-fired power plants are being restarted.
What other climate policy impacts are there?
Representatives of all countries are meeting in Bonn this week for preliminary negotiations on the climate conference.
Are we witnessing climate diplomacy fragmentation, or is it a wake-up call to end fossil fuel dependency?
Climate researcher Niklas Höhne from the New Climate Institute talks about this.