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US and Russia pledge to ‘move together’ against climate change

The US and Russia have agreed to forge “close co-operation” on climate change, in the first positive sign of a potential easing of tensions between the two countries since a high-stakes presidential summit last month.

John Kerry, the White House’s special climate envoy, held talks in Moscow on Monday and pledged to “move together” with the Kremlin ahead of crunch global climate meetings in Glasgow this November.

Climate change is one of the few areas where there is hope of enhanced collaboration between Moscow and Washington. It is seen as a promising testing ground for a first step in improving wider ties, which are riven with distrust over cyber warfare, allegations of election meddling and years of tit-for-tat sanctions that have severed many economic ties. (snip through many of the other issues)

But Biden has made combating climate change a key focus of his presidency, and argued that the need to work with Moscow on the issue outweighed other concerns over collaborating with an adversary.

“Obviously we have some differences in the relationship between our two countries . . . We believe that there is space for us to co-operate in [combating climate change] and to perhaps open up better opportunities on other issues as we do,” Kerry said at the start of talks with Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s veteran foreign minister.

“This issue is too important, too significant, and we very much need to move together,” Kerry added, addressing his host as Sergey.

Lavrov said Kerry’s visit to Russia was “an important positive sign in terms of developing bilateral relations, lifting tension, and arranging professional, substantive work in areas where common ground can be found”.

Russia is “hoping for close co-operation with the United States . . . in order to secure a successful meeting in Glasgow this coming fall,” he added.

Well, isn’t that special. It’s actually surprising that Russia hasn’t jumped on the Climate Emergency scam, since it is a great way to enforce governmental dominance over citizens and private entities, limiting freedom, liberty, and choice, all while painting this as beneficial and benevolent, because we are Saving The Earth from having a fever. It’s Progressivism, which is Nice Fascism, which means “we’re doing this for your own good.” But, then, Russia has never been hesitant on doing all that without being nice. Maybe they’re catching on. Or maybe they’re just scamming Kerry and Biden.

Putin, who four years ago blamed rising global temperatures on volcanoes and “cosmic changes”, last month said man-made climate change was a “tragedy” and that humans “must minimise the impact we have”.

Yeah, Putin is catching on. And it should, in a rational world, give people pause as to why a nominal dictator/strongman wants to move his country in this direction.