(Bloomberg photo)Īndrey Melnichenko, a Russian billionaire who made a fortune in coal and fertiliser then found himself sanctioned after the invasion of Ukraine, now has a plan to stem methane emissions from the thawing Siberian permafrost: recreating a time when woolly mammoths roamed the tundra.Īt a lavish pavilion at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Melnichenko is showcasing a plan to bring a slice of Russia’s ecology back 14,000 years. Attendees view a projection at the Pleistocene Park pavilion in the Technology and Innovation hub within the Green Zone on the opening day of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
