U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the Kremlin's assault on Ukraine will likely have major implications for global heating targets.
Guterres described this short-sighted rush to fossil fuels as "madness," before warning that humanity's "addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction."incremental progressIn short, Russia's invasion has put a planned energy transition at a crossroads. The upshot facing policymakers is that the shift away from fossil fuels is vital to avoid a cataclysmic climate scenario.
Complicating this challenge, however, is the fact that many European countries are acutely reliant on Russian oil and gas. "From my side, since I am still here in Ukraine and I see everything here from the very beginning, I would say that our first security is the security of life," Krakovska said. She has previouslythat the primary driver of the climate emergency and the root cause of Russia's war both stem from humanity's fossil fuel dependency.
The burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas, is the chief driver of the climate crisis and researchers have repeatedly stressed that limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius will soon be beyond reach without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors.
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