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The Rising Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War: Energy Transition, Climate Justice, Global Inequality, and Supply Chain Disruption

Allam, Zaheer
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Bibri, Simon Elias  
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Sharpe, Samantha A.
November 1, 2022
Resources-Basel

This perspective paper explores the rising impacts of the COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war from different perspectives, with an emphasis on the role of climate financing in achieving equitable and just transition mechanisms and that of peace in expediting this pursuit and sustaining this drive. It is motivated by the realization that there is an urgent need for accelerating the decarbonisation agenda, as highlighted in pre-COP26 debates and in the resulting Glasgow Climate Pact, through the mitigation measures that can be unpacked at both cost and scale. This is further reiterated in the third instalment of Assessment Report 6 (AR6) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, dwelling on Mitigation of Climate Change, underlining the required policy shifts and technology developmental needs. Green technology, however, comes at a green premium, being more expensive to implement in geographies that cannot absorb its cost in the immediate short term. This engenders an inequitable and unjust landscape, as those that require green technology are unable to have access to it but are most often on the frontlines of the impacts of climate change. While it is urgent to review this issue and to encourage more cooperation for technology development and transfer, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are posing mounting challenges for achieving these objectives. These two crises are causing an unprecedented rise in commodities and labour pricing, with further knock-on impacts on global supply chains for technology. This is in turn rendering green technology unattainable for developing and less developed countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

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research article
DOI
10.3390/resources11110099
Web of Science ID

WOS:000881403300001

Author(s)
Allam, Zaheer
Bibri, Simon Elias  
Sharpe, Samantha A.
Date Issued

2022-11-01

Publisher

MDPI

Published in
Resources-Basel
Volume

11

Issue

11

Start page

99

Subjects

Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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covid-19 pandemic

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russia-ukraine war

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sustainability

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resource management

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energy transitions

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climate justice

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climate change

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green premiums

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supply chain

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sustainability transitions

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green

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