US EditionUkraine Seeks $43bn in Climate Compensation From Russia over War
Ukraine demands $43 billion from Russia for environmental damage and 237 million tonnes of war-related CO2 emissions, marking the first climate reparations claim linked to conflict.
- On Tuesday at COP30 in Brazil, Ukraine's government demanded $43 billion from Russia for environmental damage, planning to file the claim through the Council of Europe Register of Damage.
- Military destruction and large-scale fires created 'conflict carbon' through military forces on both sides using 18 million tonnes of fuel and burning 1.3 million hectares of fields and forests.
- IGGAW's report shows the monetary basis for the demand, noting the social cost of carbon from aggression is $43.8 billion and Lennard de Klerk said this fed into Ukraine's claim using a 2022 Nature study.
- Questions remain about who will pay as the funding source is unclear; all claims will be decided by a claims commission under the Register of Damage, and De Klerk suggested frozen Russian assets could cover payouts.
- The move follows a historic International Court of Justice ruling this year, marking the first time a country seeks compensation for war-related climate emissions, experts say it could set a global precedent.
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Why War Is So Bad For Emissions
Ukraine plans to seek nearly $44 billion in damages from Russia for emissions caused by the ongoing war, marking the first time a country will claim damages for an increase in emissions caused by conflict. “A lot of damage was caused to water, to land, to forests,” Pavlo Kartashov, the country’s deputy minister for economy, environment, and agriculture, told Reuters at this year’s annual U.N. climate conference, COP30, on Tuesday. “We have huge…
Ukraine seeks $44B from Russia for war-related carbon emissions
Ukraine is seeking $44 billion in compensation from Russia for war-related carbon emissions. Kyiv said the claim would cover emissions from the fossil fuels and emissions-heavy commodities like cement and steel used in fighting the war, as well as emissions from forest fires and from the deviation of commercial flights around closed Ukrainian airspace. In total, according to one independent analysis, those emissions add up to at least 237 millio…
Russia's offensive war against Ukraine is estimated to have caused emissions of 237 million tons of greenhouse gases – about the same amount as Sweden emits in five years. Now the country is going to sue Russia for $44 billion in climate damage. – Russia is destroying everything, including the climate, says Deputy Minister of the Environment Pavlo Kartashov – who also thanks Sweden for its support for new fossil gas power.
Russia is supposed to pay 43 billion US dollars in compensation for the climate damage of the war, a Ukrainian politician demands. How promising would such a lawsuit be?
Ukraine seeks $43bn in climate compensation from Russia over war
Ukraine is demanding $43 billion from Russia for environmental damage caused by the war, saying the invasion has pumped huge extra emissions into the atmosphere and destroyed land, water and forests. It is the first time a country has sought compensation for an increase in climate-warming emissions caused by a war.
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