Putin as the face of climate threat

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Article in the Belgian (Flemish) newspaper De Standaard. Reflection on a radio interview with EU Commision vice president Frans Timmermans on how the war in Ukraine is partly caused by climate change. In doing so he manage something that was not done before: give climate threat a political face: Putin's, as the kind of political leaders we can expect when things get worse. Hopefully this ignites the democratic countries to finally engage in strong climate politics.

Period3 Mar 2022

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Media contributions

  • TitleTomPutin as the face of climate threat
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletDe Standaard
    Media typePrint
    Duration/Length/Size900 words
    Country/TerritoryBelgium
    Date3/03/22
    DescriptionArticle in the Belgian (Flemish) newspaper De Standaard. Reflection on a radio interview with EU Commision vice president Frans Timmermans on how the war in Ukraine is partly caused by climate change. In doing so he manage something that was not done before: give climate threat a political face: Putin's, as the kind of political leaders we can expect when things get worse. Hopefully this ignites the democratic countries to finally engage in strong climate politics.
    Producer/AuthorTom Hannes
    URLhttps://www.standaard.be/zoeken?keyword=tom%20hannes
    PersonsTom Hannes

Keywords

  • Putin
  • Ukraine
  • climate change