Russian President Vladimir Putin touted his nation’s record and plans in fighting global climate change through reduction of emissions and carbon capture, but pointed at the lack of unified fair standards for making an impact.
“We believe that G20 members should lead the world in creating universal, fair and, importantly, transparent rules for climate regulation, when implementing climate and environmental initiatives,” Putin told other members of the group of the world’s biggest economies during the second day of this weekend’s G20 summit.
Such rules need to be based on mutually accepted models for counting and monitoring the emission and capture of greenhouse gasses.
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