Putin said at the G20 summit that over 10 years the average temperature in Russia has increased by half a degree
Russian President Vladimir Putin said, speaking via videoconference, at the G20 summit in Rome that the average temperature in Russia has risen by half a degree in 10 years. His speech was published on the Kremlin website. “I would like to note that the average annual temperature in Russia is growing faster than the global one – more than 2.5 times. For 10 years, it has increased by almost half a degree. In the Arctic, the rate of warming, as you know, is even higher,” Putin said.