The climate hawks' list of disappointments is growing longer as the global energy crisis and Europe's imperative to cut ties with Russia send some of the world's greenest governments into the embrace of fossil fuels.
The war in Ukraine has required President Joe Biden and other Western leaders who support aggressive green measures to make compromises to avoid energy shortages this winter and to ensure the overall security of their energy supplies, even while they maintain that it is necessary to replace fossil energy with renewables.That means, at least for now, governments are seeking out more of the fossil fuels they would prefer to phase out quickly, leading to a major letdown for environmental interests.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said separately that “large investments in gas infrastructure in developing countries and elsewhere” would be needed. The endorsement of gas sparked a backlash from green-aligned groups, which accused the G-7 of walking back a commitment it made just a month before and transgressing the Paris Agreement.
The Biden administration and the G-7, as well as Europe more broadly, are pursuing all of those green strategies more aggressively in response to the energy crisis, but not to the exclusion of natural gas. The European Commission also set aside 10 billion euros for investment in"limited additional gas infrastructure" with its newest energy platform, and the commission just issued a joint statement with energy giant Norway endorsing the continued exploration and production of oil and gas on the part of the non-EU member.
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