The West’s Energy Policy Can Be Geopolitical and Green
In the long run, it might be better for everyone if the fossil-fuel sector were to shrink worldwide. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompting Western governments to devise energy policies that are both environmentally and geopolitically robust, that thought should help to concentrate minds.
CAMBRIDGE – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has amplified the importance of national-security considerations in Western countries’ energy policies. At the same time, governments must continue to focus on reducing environmental damage – in particular, on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions. Both goals, geopolitical and environmental, are urgent and should be evaluated together.