China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are set to snub this week's COP26 summit on climate change in Glasgow.
Vladimir Putin talks to Xi Jinping vua video link in June 2021.The leaders of China and Russia said they won't be at this week's COP26 climate-change summit.China emits around 28% of the world's CO2 emissions, while Russia emits around 5%.
Their absence is especially significant given their nations' contributions to global emissions, with China producing an estimated 28% and Russia 5% of global CO2 output.that Putin would not travel to Scotland for the summit, while China is said to be planning to send its special envoy on climate change instead.that Johnson had been told that Xi would not attend in person.
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