Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the GMIS-2019 summit - a joint initiative of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) - in Yekaterinburg.
Speaking at the plenary session, the Russian President noted the negative impact of technology development on the environment.
"The hopes that new technology as such will save the world from the growing anthropogenic influence and burden largely proved to be an illusion. The temperature in Russia is growing 2.5 times faster than on average in other parts of the world. Just look at what is happening now in the Irkutsk Region: huge fires and horrible floods," said Putin.
According to the president, building up generating capacity and increasing energy consumption based on traditional principles will lead to new risks of further climate change.
The only solution is fusion energy - colossal, inexhaustible and safe source of energy.
However, as Putin noted, the only way to succeed in it is to establish broad international cooperation.
Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World"
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