Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Swiss expert Hubert Keller’s assertion that coffee causes the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and reminded him that “Gaza is burning.”

Zakharova wrote on Telegram: “I have never seen greater hypocrisy than environmental political hypocrisy, and even human rights are less hypocritical,” in an implicit reference to the West and its officials exploiting human rights and environmental issues to serve their narrow financial interests.

She added: “What coffee are you talking about when Gaza is burning and has become uninhabitable?”, referring to the humanitarian, economic and environmental repercussions of the Gaza war.

Earlier, Keller said at the Davos Economic Forum: “Coffee consumption causes a significant increase in the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which poses a threat to the climate and ultimately causes climate change.”

He added: "The coffee we all drink emits 15 to 20 tons of carbon dioxide per ton of coffee."