INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said authorities in Russia began observing
the upward temperature trend in 1976.Moscow provided a stark example, with temperatures hitting 3.5 degrees Celsius (38.3 degrees
Meanwhile, 2024 saw the warmest temperatures recorded in 170 years along Lake Baikal, where ice cover had yet to form as of
mid-January.Russia has been warming at more than twice the global average since 1976, with 2024 marking the hottest year ever recorded
ecosystem collapse.Russia is already grappling with more frequent droughts, floods, heatwaves and the rapid thawing of permafrost across its
diverse climatic zones, which range from subtropical to Arctic.Environmental officials in Russia have warned that unchecked climate change
could trigger epidemics and widespread hunger.
