Finland, which presided over the Arctic Council, appealed to Russia and the United States to not neglect the problem of climate change and global warming, and to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement. As reported by The Guardian, scientists are especially worried about the gas bubbles formed in the Siberian tundra, when they are blown into the atmosphere, greenhouse gases.
Persistent calls for compliance with the Paris agreement on climate are due to the fact that during his election campaign, US President Donald Trump promised to withdraw from this agreement, since it is unprofitable for America. And Russian President Vladimir Putin recently doubted that climate change is the work of human beings. Finland's Arctic Ambassador Harri Maki-Reinickka urged politicians to pay attention to this global problem and expressed the hope that Russia and the US will not enter into any deals behind the backs of others on the way out of the Paris agreement, writes RT.
Conditions in the Arctic are changing, if the world's temperature rises by two degrees, then in the Arctic it will rise by four or even six degrees, said Harri Maki-Reinicka. According to him, the fact that ice and snow melt faster than predicted earlier is alarming. And this means that the composition of water and sea level will change faster.
According to The Guardian, Russian scientists found 7,000. Mud hills in Siberia, which were formed in the flat tundra. Some of these hillocks are filled with methane and carbon dioxide and are on the "edge of the explosion".
The possible withdrawal of Russia and the United States from the Paris Agreement will make this initiative completely useless, so the alarm of the Finnish diplomat is quite understandable. Minister of Environment of Norway Vidar Helgesen made his "five kopeks" in the fight against global warming, who stated that many military strategists see climate change as a serious threat to international security ".
In the US administration so far, no statements regarding the fulfillment of Donald Trump's pre-election promise to renounce the Paris agreement do not.