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PLANET LETTER. Experts predict that after a surge in the use of coal, States will want sovereign energy… and therefore green.
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By Guerric Poncet
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I’invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops has dramatic human consequences, with thousands of deaths and millions of refugees, but it could also have significant repercussions on the fight against global warming. At the heart of this geo-politico-climatic mechanism, the Russian gas which supplies Europe… and the coffers of the Kremlin. “It is our addiction to gas and Russian oil that is literally financing the war in Ukraine”, denounces Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican diplomat, former climate official at the UN and one of the architects of the agreement of Paris in 2015.
New rounds of economic sanctions against Russia could include an embargo on Russian gas, oil and coal. And even if there was no news its…
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