The cascade of shocks to the global economy over the past few months has offered a glimpse of our new reality. The Gulf conflict has taken an extraordinary — and dangerous — amount of oil, gas and fertilizer off the market, and now a possible “super” El Nino cycle could bring more extreme weather. That means this year’s UN Climate Change Conference — COP31 in Antalya, Turkiye — will come just as millions of people have been pushed deeper into energy and food poverty, forced to suffer truly terrible conditions as they endure more severe natural disasters.

Murat Kurum urges governments to see the latest energy crisis as an opportunity to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels.

Murat Kurum urges governments to see the latest energy crisis as an opportunity to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels.