Climate Change, Europe, Power & Security, Russia Russia-Ukraine tensions reignite debate over Biden's climate agenda

Perry World House Visiting Fellow Erin Sikorsky is cited in this article about the Ukraine crisis from ABC News.

The specter of a military confrontation on the Ukrainian border is stoking fears in Europe of an interruption in natural gas from Russia -- and pumping fresh life into the debate over whether President Joe Biden's climate agenda is brushing up against difficult geopolitical realities. ...

To others, the standoff demonstrates the need for a swift transition to clean energy, "so that we're not held hostage by Russia moving forward," says Erin Sikorsky, director of the Center for Climate and Security and a former intelligence official. ...

Sikorsky warns critics not to conflate "the short-term crisis and the long-term strategy."

"The administration has to do what it has to do to make sure energy supplies in Europe remain strong in the face of Russian aggression," Sikorsky said. "But it has do that with an eye toward a more rapid transition to renewable energy."

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