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What does war in Ukraine mean for the climate? Part 1: Russian gas

The Climate Question

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China's Reliance on Fossil Fuels Is a Major Problem for the Global Economy

Russia currently can't sthe international payment system swift, for example. That just makes it hard to do business lete ifen look at what has happened over the past covlof weeks in tems of the purchases of oil. Even china might not directly sanction russia, they might be impeded by them. We must remember that a lot of chinahas been policy isn't driven just by international politics. It is also driven by domestic conditions, such as obviously, air pollution, water pollution that it wanted to reduce very badly. I think that what is quite clear is how renewable energy is the safer, more secure and cheaper option at the moment. So why wouldn't you

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