The search for silver linings to the pandemic has come up woefully short. But one hopeful prospect is that the disruption will accelerate the shift to a more sustainable energy future.
There is a compelling logic to link Covid-19 and its geopolitical makeover to a change in energy fortunes. Energy and geopolitics have always been intertwined. Before the pandemic, there was a growing body of work looking at how the energy transition, primarily away from fossil fuels and toward renewables, was going to reorder global politics. Less recognised, however, is that the street goes two ways: geopolitics will also shape the energy transition.
