TY - CHAP
T1 - The Russia Ukraine War, Global Energy Supply, and Sustainable Development
AU - Mhlanga, David
AU - Ndhlovu, Emmanuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The Russo-Ukrainian War has ignited a crisis worldwide. The disruptions in the global energy supply chain have frustrated efforts toward decarbonizing the energy ecosystem to attain net-zero carbon emissions as part of sustainable development commitments. However, how the energy supply challenges ignited by the war could impact prospects for global sustainable development is not known. Underpinned by critical document analysis, this chapter highlights how the dynamics within the energy ecosystem could influence economic, social, and environmental activities, thus eventually impacting prospects for sustainable development. The chapter posits that unless the conflict is resolved in time, efforts to transform to clean types of energy will remain a challenge, particularly for developing countries that had just started to adopt gas energy. In the face of limited less environmental impact energies, developing countries are likely not to sacrifice their economic activities in the pursuit of clean energy.
AB - The Russo-Ukrainian War has ignited a crisis worldwide. The disruptions in the global energy supply chain have frustrated efforts toward decarbonizing the energy ecosystem to attain net-zero carbon emissions as part of sustainable development commitments. However, how the energy supply challenges ignited by the war could impact prospects for global sustainable development is not known. Underpinned by critical document analysis, this chapter highlights how the dynamics within the energy ecosystem could influence economic, social, and environmental activities, thus eventually impacting prospects for sustainable development. The chapter posits that unless the conflict is resolved in time, efforts to transform to clean types of energy will remain a challenge, particularly for developing countries that had just started to adopt gas energy. In the face of limited less environmental impact energies, developing countries are likely not to sacrifice their economic activities in the pursuit of clean energy.
KW - Global energy
KW - Less environmental Impact energy
KW - Sustainability
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203312871&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-63333-1_16
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-63333-1_16
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85203312871
T3 - Contributions to Political Science
SP - 263
EP - 280
BT - Contributions to Political Science
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -