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Energy is the golden thread
16/3/2022
6 min read
Feature
Rachel Kyte CMG, Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Boston, former UN Sustainable Energy Envoy and inaugural winner of the EI President’s Award, talks to long-time BBC World TV news anchor and international moderator Keshini Navaratnam. The interview took place during International Energy Week on 24 February, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
KN: Do you think we are experiencing the most fraught moment for energy history?
RK: It’s an extremely important time and a real moment for the West to appraise how we go about our business and what we stand for. That means agreements of international law, of prosperity, of leaving no one behind, of moving the ball forward. And embedded in that are the Sustainable Development Goals.
We have to be good enough to deal with the short-term crisis and bear some pain, because of the overdependence on Russian gas. At the same time, we have to think about the ongoing challenge, which is the climate crisis and deep inequality in the world. Energy is the little golden thread that runs all through that.