Reuters: “Ukraine Plans $44 Billion Claim Against Russia for Wartime Emissions”

Research led by RFF scholars underlines Ukraine’s claim against Russia for emissions-related wartime damages.

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Date

Nov. 18, 2025

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Media Highlight

Source

Reuters

“Dutch carbon accounting expert Lennard de Klerk estimated the war had generated about 237 million tons of additional CO2-equivalent emissions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, nearly equal to the annual emissions for Ireland, Belgium, and Austria combined.

De Klerk told Reuters he had helped Ukraine to calculate the damage figure based on a 2022 study in Nature estimating the so-called social cost of carbon, an estimate of damages to society from carbon dioxide, at about $185 a ton.”

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