The world must decelerate faster, rather than allow a focus on energy security following the Russian invasion of Ukraine to derail efforts to reach a low-carbon economy to avert catastrophic climate change, leading climate senators said on Wednesday.

Carney said efforts to find alternatives to Russian oil would “and leading some … to argue to temporarily set aside our climate goals”

Six months on from the last round of United Nations climate negotiations in Scotland, and as the world prepares for the next summit in Egypt later in November, the conflict has prompted a number of countries to speed up the shift to renewable energy, while in others pushing for a pause.

The US secret services, she says, see a protracted war of attrition likely unsettled by current fighting in eastern Ukraine, and little chance of a short-term negotiated settlement.

But Mr Carney said Russia’s invasion was expected to trigger new investment in green energy in defiance of calls for climate change targets to be postponed.

https://twitter.com/dansabbagh/status/1523979330749186050

READ MORE:  Air quality issues remain as Yarmouth County wildfire grows larger

https://twitter.com/dansabbagh/status/1523980057584320512

John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who is the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party, (wikipedia)

READ MORE:  Atmospheric methane '162% greater than pre-industrial levels': Greenhouse gas catches '87 times' more heat than CO2

John Kerry military service controversy

During John Kerry’s candidacy in the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, a political issue that gained widespread public attention was Kerry’s Vietnam War record. (wikipedia)