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Ukraine war threatens climate targets

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Ukraine war threatens climate targets

While Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has fueled widespread misery, death and destruction, less understood are the far-reaching impacts on the climate. The billions of dollars' worth of weapons, jets, tanks and trucks that drive the grinding conflict contribute direct emissions that, amid the fog of battle, remain difficult to quantify — and which are not accounted for in the Paris target of limiting heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). But by sparking a global energy crisis, the Ukraine war also poses an indirect threat to global climate goals. 
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