UN climate chief tells Europe war-driven energy crisis is another ‘abject lesson’ on fossil fuel dependency
"Renewable energy allows countries to insulate themselves from global turmoil."
Europe should learn the ‘abject lesson’ that fossil fuel dependency is a risk to national security and sovereignty and prioritise renewables, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell will tell EU leaders today.
Europe’s reliance on fossil fuel imports cost it over €420 billion in 2024 alone, Stiell warns, and recent weeks, marked by an escalating US and Israel-led conflict in Iran and surrounding countries are set to result in another hefty bill.
