Weaning Europe off Russia: the energy crisis is bad, but not for climate action

The Russian war on Ukraine is providing the push for radical shifts in many countries’ energy mix, making green policies no longer a prerogative of young urban cosmopolitan elites. Alessio Terzi believes climate despair is understandable, but likely to be misplaced. The oil crisis in the 1970s is a good example of a world event that pushed countries to adopt low-carbon solutions, such as France’s embrace of nuclear energy and the Netherland’s unprecedented push towards bicycles.