Russia's Ukraine invasion will hasten the shift to clean energy, International Energy Agency forecasts

Russia's war in Ukraine, and the response from the U.S. and other wealthy nations, have upended global energy markets, sending energy prices soaring in much of the world and prompting Europe to turn back to coal as winter approaches with Russian natural gas. But this state of global affairs will be short-lived, the International Energy Agency said Thursday in its annual World Energy Outlook report, and this energy crisis is likely to speed up the global shift to cleaner technologies like wind and solar power and electric vehicles.

For the first time, the IEA forecasts that global demand for every time of fossil fuel — coal, gas, oil — will peak in the near future.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.