Paradoxical and positive effect for the climate of Russia’s invasion of Ukraineglobal greenhouse gas emissions are expected to reach “high point” as early as 2025, following the increase in investments in sustainable energies caused by the “profound reorientationof global energy markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.
Eight days before the World Climate Conference COP27 in Egypt, the Agency nevertheless warns in its 2022 annual report published Thursday, once morest “fractures” between rich and poor countries in terms of investment in low-carbon energies, by calling for a “major international effort” pour “reduce” ce “disturbing gap“.
“The global energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing profound, long-term changes that have the potential to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system” underlines the IEA in the presentation document of its report.
“Energy markets and public policy have changed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not just for now, but for decades to come“also says the director general of the organization, Fatih Birol, quoted in the report.
While some countries are currently seeking to increase or diversify their supply of oil or gas – fossil fuels with high CO2 emissions – many are studying an acceleration of their structural changes towards clean energies, underlines the IEA, an offshoot of the OECD tasked with supporting many countries.
