The Secretary of Energy, Ed Miliband, has asked countries to reduce the risk for global energy supplies.
I was talking at the inauguration of a two -day summit about energy security in London, to which it is bee attended by delegates from more than 50 governments, including the United States and the EU.
Miliband also warned about the risks of “armed” energy, seen as a reference to the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on gasoline prices.
Delegates will discuss how to reduce the growing risks for energy derived from wars in Europe and the Middle East, the current commercial war between the United States and China, extreme climate, attacks against underwater cable and cyber war.
In his opening comments, Ed Miliband said he recognized the value of fossil fuels in the energy mixture, but he did, at least for the United Kingdom, the future of energy is low in carbon.
He said this was not only to help address climate change, but also to achieve energy security.
The summit is being co-elbitriona for the United Kingdom and the International Energy Agency (IEA). The head of the IAE, Fatih Birol, told the BBC before the summit that there was an increase in “international fragmentation” that left countries unable to solve the greatest risks for energy security.
“Instead of cooperation, we see that countries really challenge each other. In my opinion, the lasting solution to energy security challenges goes through cooperation between countries.”
He did not blame any country specifically for a collapse in relations, but energy prices have been partially affected by the war in Ukraine and the recent commercial war of the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Global gasoline prices increased after Russian Ukraine invasion and have remained almost 50% higher than levels prior to CO-COVID.
Initially, Europe was able to connect gas scarcity, after the sanctions of Russia, buying LNG of the United States. But that offer is now threatened as the relations between the block and President Trump Woren.
The United States will attend the summit, which must be seen as a “success” according to Mr. Birol. But the Trump administration has been very critical of the global energy control agency for its promotion of clean energy and the prognosis of decreases in oil and gas.
Many groups of experts and researchers have defended the position of the IEA.
“In the big calls, such as the future of the global oil demand, AI has constantly demonstrated a more reliable prosticator than a need than fossil fuel companions,” said Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation
“As countries come together to shape a new energy security paradigm, they need impartial and reliable data on the future direction of energy,” he added.
Miliband also read a letter from King Carlos III.
“As we all sail through the transition to cleaner energy for our planet and energy security for our citizens, summits such as these are of vital importance to facilitate shared learning between nations, partly those of the Global South and in the Commonwealth”, king. “
The United Kingdom Government wants 95% of Great Britain’s electricity mixture to come from clean energy for the end of the decade, this is currently around 60%.
Miliband told the R4 Today program of the BBC that it would guarantee lower energy invoices by 2030.
