Simon Stiell, the head of the UN's climate body (UNFCCC) has commented on the war in the Middle East, saying that “an immense irony is unfolding as those who’ve fought to keep the world hooked on fossil fuels are inadvertently supercharging the global renewables boom”.

The latest fuel crisis has pushed up the price and constricted supply of fossil fuel and related products (such as fertilizer) making the case for the economic benefits of renewables. The ‘irony’ is that the war is between a US that has recently backtracked on renewables and a major oil producer in Iran, but the winner is renewables.

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