the Kremlin rejects Joe Biden’s criticisms and claims to take global warming “seriously”

The Kremlin on Wednesday (November 3) rejected criticisms made the day before by US President Joe Biden on the absence of Vladimir Putin at a climate summit in Glasgow. “We do not agree” with criticism from Joe Biden, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Russia’s actions against global warming “are consistent, thoughtful and serious”, he added.

On Tuesday, Joe Biden sharply denounced the absence of the leaders of China and Russia at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, during which a hundred countries notably concluded an agreement to contain methane emissions, the one of the main sources of global warming.

“His tundra is burning, literally, his tundra is burning. He is facing very, very serious climatic problems, but he is keeping silent.”, notably let go of the American president about his Russian counterpart.

“The tundra is really burning. But let’s not forget that forests are also burning in California, Turkey and elsewhere in the world.”, replied Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday. “We certainly don’t downplay the importance of what is going on in Glasgow”, corn “Russia’s climate action is not tuned to this or that event”, he added.