Uh Oh: Ukraine-Russia War Is Super Bad For ‘Climate Change’

So, if Trump ends the war, does that mean his is the best thing for helping to stop ‘climate change’?

The climate bill for the invasion of Ukraine is up to 250 million tons of greenhouse gases

In addition to deaths, injuries and displaced people, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is leaving a negative environmental footprint that is contributing to worsening global warming. The three years of war have resulted in greenhouse gas emissions of 230 million tons of CO?eq (carbon dioxide equivalent, the unit used to measure these gases). This is an enormous amount, similar to what 120 million combustion-engine automobiles would emit on average in an entire year. To understand its dimension, it also helps to remember that a country like Spain, with almost 49 million inhabitants, emitted some 270 million tons in 2023. The calculation of the climate footprint of the Ukraine war has been prepared by several experts grouped together in the Initiative on GHG accounting of war, which has already published several reports of this type.

Lennard de Klerk, the study’s lead author, explains to EL PAÍS that the figure they offer considers “all the emissions that can be attributed to the war,” including those of both sides. “For example, the use of fuel by the Russian army as the aggressor and the Ukrainian army as the defender is taken into account,” he adds by email. To prepare their calculation, explains this carbon footprint expert, they started from a premise: to track the emissions that have resulted from the conflict and that would not have occurred if Russia had not invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

I’m not seeing where the study takes into account all the shipping of military goods to Ukraine from the U.S. and European nations, nor the production of those goods. So, it could be much higher! Yay, Trump working to end the war.

The Initiative on GHG accounting of war is supported by the European Climate Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on promoting policies to combat global warming. It also collaborated with the Ministry for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine to analyze the three years of conflict. The report argues that “the Russian Federation should be held responsible for these emissions and the resulting climate-related damages.” It estimates the climate costs of emissions from the three years of war at $42 billion.

How about all those Western leaders who have worked to keep the war going? Who created conditions where Russia said “yup, let’s take it”?

The report also breaks down emissions caused by the destruction of energy infrastructure. This takes into account Russian attacks on oil depots and refineries, along with the destruction of power plants and sabotage of the electricity grid. It also includes the methane released into the atmosphere as a result of the sabotage in September 2022 of the Nord Stream gas pipeline network, which transported natural gas from Russia to Western Europe via the Baltic. The authorship of the explosions remains unclear, but several media reports this summer pointed to an operation carried out by Ukraine after the Russian invasion.

Say, what about this?

EU spends more on Russian oil and gas than financial aid to Ukraine – reporthttps://t.co/vTxy1x7F0z

— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) March 3, 2025

So, while European nations pay Russia for oil and gas, despite sanctions, they are also providing money to Ukraine to fight Russia? Huh.

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