Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry stated Monday that the war in Ukraine is "exacerbating the problem" of climate change, citing the "bombs going off" in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Kerry's statement comes as President Joe Biden heads to Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom, where the president will take part in a ceremony for King Charles III and host a forum focusing on clean energy strategies.
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"When you have bombs going off and you have damage to septic tanks or to power centers, et cetera, you have an enormous release of greenhouse gas of methane, all of the family of greenhouse gases," Kerry told MSNBC. "And the result is it's adding to the problem."
John Kerry laments the war in Ukraine is "exacerbating the problem" on climate change:
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"When you have bombs going off and you have damage to septic tanks or to power centers, etc., you have an enormous release of greenhouse gas." pic.twitter.com/5PRSNvFvSW
Kerry added that he is "not suggesting" that the United States should not involve itself in the war in Ukraine, as it is a fight "we have to make." However, he said that there are "ancillary impacts" that result from the conflicts.
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The war in Ukraine started in February of last year. Biden recently decided to provide Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions, a weapon that scatters smaller bombs over a wide area.
The decision has been divisive within NATO, which includes countries that have prohibited cluster bombs. Biden has defended his decision, conceding it took him "a while to be convinced to do it" but that "the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition."