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i welcome to the stream, i'm josh rushing things going on for me. ok. as russia's war and ukraine continues, people around the world are suffering from a protracted global energy crisis. the secretary general, the un is called it an existential cost, a living crisis for hundreds of millions of people. today we take a look at how people are affected by energy shortages, price increases, and what it will take to bring relief. but 1st, let's hear from one of our community members, tim de, museo, about how we got to this point. i think there are 3 things to consider when we think about the ongoing energy crisis. and the 1st is our structural reliance on fossil fuels as the dominant energy source in our economies. the 2nd is obviously the invasion of ukraine by russia, that increases risk and risk, it's priced and to the market prices for energy. and the 3rd is very slow movement

of most governments to d, carbonized economy. all right, so that was gems opinion, but we want to hear years to share your questions. your comments right here in the youtube chat and be a part of this show. ah, joining us from law goes is knows martin, bada mossey, a journalist and writer, a foreign policy to africa. brief and in dhaka. clintock are glom muslim research director at the center for policy dialogue and with us from edinburg. simon frances coordinator of the end, fuel poverty coalition. guys, thank you so much for joining me today. we're going to talk about the way the energy crisis. it seems to be the world was moving rather slowly from fossil fuels to clean energy or renewables. but the war and ukraine has

really kind of exacerbated the, the slow speed that we've moved, that the world's turned here. so was them, can you kind of talk to me about what's happening with the global energy crisis and the way it's impacting different regions of the world? in fact, most of the economics in the world are dependent on the limited number of sources of energy. because of the russian work, which is a major source of supply for world, particularly as well as the gas to lead. and because of sanction over russia, because of the most of the other part of the world are being suffering for example, supply adequate supply of petroleum. as a result, what happens is that do believe it like major countries depending on if limited the

by sources, particularly in the country. and because of that the ice has gone up significantly and it has reached $203.00 per battle. now it is 96 and it has increased but 60 percent on why this can be managed by the deadlock upgrades who have had a good product to reserve and could use that research for the william at a higher price. but most of the loving countries have a limited part is, are facing a very big co well off, importing this higher price. because for a bundle that is going to be like us, we are party depending on the going to stick. guess the light and big ricky, we have all the important digital and l a g. and because of the product is that we are facing a travel called adequate amount of boxes. and that's why we are on

a regular basis. low, shady, now of electricity because he's happy guess how busy the industries happening. and this kind of guy is not actually taking bangladesh a lot. most of the other countries are facing the same problem. indonesia, by norma. tom. ben, italy is the word also facing the case of the problem, but the problem positive looking much at you, come back to bed of the did look well, you know, miles on i wanna show what it's like actually entry, long and being with us. we have a bit of mash up a video here. check this out to them. ha, them put up in the evening. nobody told us about the availability of kerosene. my mother and father did not eat any food because i was waiting in the queue as there is no kerosene to cook our food at home. finally, they said there is no kerosene. see you go home, but i can't even go home because i have no kerosene to cook food. i am poor. i have to stay in the queue. i have nothing to eat. everybody said, go home, go home,

but i can't get by that. they are my mother. i don't, we are no candles and those are so he asked me to buy candles and per one bizarre. but i haven't found them bear either. i can't light a candle at my shop in this low chair or batteries low, and there's no way to charge. so that's what's happening in asia, but i'm also want to talk about what's happening in africa. look at this, this was sent in from dr. angela lagossi, she is the united nations development program and gonna check out what she has to say around the world in 900000000 people without access to electricity. and unfortunately, 72 percent of those are in africa. the rise in energy prices is also pushing up food inflation and fuel costs. and this means that there's a 3rd crisis emerging. the cost of living crisis, which could push 71000000 people into poverty acquitted to the united nations development program, must have a massive investment in keen energy,

as well as energy efficiency to disrupt the global demand proposal fewer. so the developing countries will be able to achieve the target of providing clean and affordable energy for all by 2030. so, so knows much he was saying the 72 percent of the people in the world without electricity are in africa. but you're joining us from logos, nigeria produces a ton of oil and gas is a situation better there. what's happening? not at all and about half of nitrous population actually have no access to electricity. and one of the, the major problems that nigeria has is that it, it exports crude oil and then import refine doyle. so it's still faced with the same kind of a high energy prices, because technically it's still importing and it's out sort of finished oil. and

there are fewer refineries in, in our, the country. and that's what are the, are the major challenges. another problem is that nigeria has been facing a lot of feel fast. at the moment yesterday, the nigerian petroleum corporation announced that they had found 58 different tapping point full and for oil fast. and because of that it is not reaching it. so peg target say a nigeria is actually quite a resource rich her seal pool or is it getting a higher dollars for the fuel is selling internationally. amazon money? does it make away its way back into the country?

it is getting. yeah. yeah. so yes, the, the government is making a profit, the moment with, ah, higher price is that there is an issue of how much of that is actually filtered down and t in the people. and how much of that is actually spent on infrastructure one se, and it's not just the old fast. that's the problem. one is that the main issue is also is that it is not and put of investing the money that it makes into developing and maintaining pipelines. now, i want to bring in another piece of video. this is actually from the president of the commission. ursula vander william, and she talks about, basically the, the potent affect it. and what's happening here with the eunice need for oil. it

is because of quoting and his war that the energy prices are high. gas prices are high, electricity prices are high. that is the price he wants us to pay. so we have taken many steps in the past already to address the skyrocketing prices. just to give you a figure, we have been able not only to get rid of russian coal overall, but also till the end of the year we will line down russian oil to 10 percent of what we initially had. and if you look at the gas supply, the biggest factor at the beginning of the war of all imported gas, russia had 40 percent. now we're down to 7.5 percent within 7 months. simon. so she said at the beginning of the invasion of ukraine, that the you depended on russia for 40 percent of its gas is now down to 7 and a half percent. couple of questions. what does it mean in europe where you are,

when they can't get the gas, but to what does it mean for the rest of the world? when europe, with a steeper pockets goes out and starts taking up more of the market? well, i think the 1st problem is that this, this problem is not just as a result of the war in ukraine. this problem has been festering for a long time in europe, successive governments across constantly in the u. k. and across europe and not been enough to invest in energy efficiency measures. that's a way of like reducing the use of gas and electricity over the longer term. and we have those measures that many campaign is right. you're calling for them. we wouldn't have been so exposed to the volatility of the gas prices right now, because one of the biggest problems is that so much electricity in certainly in the u. k. but also elsewhere is general for gas fired power station. so we're importing gas. so in, in that tricity,

it sounds not because we've got enough renewables in europe that we shouldn't even need to do that yet. again, successive governments have not gone fast enough towards renewables. so that means that we're stuck in this position where we're having to kind of stay increase prices. and i think for us, the biggest problem is that the poverty here is we guessing into, into windsor in the u. k. and, and across northern europe is that we're going to see more and more people living in cold, damp homes. and not me, if you have a preexisting health conditions. if you've got asked got lung conditions. if you've got cardiovascular conditions, if you're disabled, if you're out and the if you're young, you know all it, all these people are really badly affected by living in cold, damp homes. it makes preexisting conditions worse. that's going to put more strain on the health center. it says as well, so we're facing real challenges here because governments have not taken action in the past now, but you know, somewhat one man's crisis is another man's opportunity. i want to bring in antonio

. good terror as the un secretary general, who speaks up the morality of the profits that are being made on this issue. cysts it is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making records profits from these energy crises on the back of the buddhist people and communities. and that the massive costs to the climate. the combined profits of the largest energy companies in the 1st quarter of the year are close to an end at a 1000000000 us dollars. i urge all governments to fix these excessive profits and use the funds to support the most vulnerable people through these difficult times. so more than a terrorist, they are saying that government attacks energy companies hire. i want to bring in someone who's in the youtube channel right now. watching this is richard w, who says government should give free solar panels, wind turbines,

and storage batteries to every community to use whenever possible. it'd be the 1st step to breaking up the oligarch police. what do you or what should government do here was i'm how should they address us? yes, i think it just, we heard about the big is that the government actually not asking partners on the renewables, the dog gates and the same is true for other developing countries. the goody bundle this week is over. he depended on domestic guests as well as for the l. n g and, and he's still a and he's also for other developing countries. so hope that countries are now it is focusing on the radio was, but basically still renewable is not considered as a major or the navy. all the energy crisis, if you can see that most of the crisis is generated because all it all over he, it all to force it. there is an opportunity for

a hydro. uh, lots of opportunities that did been definitely it will be much more orderly and put it much more bitter energy. explore developing countries to tackle the status of situation. unfortunately, even my country still got big thing that the situation we got over and the got we go continue with the same we as it has been focusing on the on the but we are, we are also think that how, how the water is getting to be getting longer and getting to be complicated and how it's a challenge would be for a future and our security. so we think that the golf that's not only valid but in all that of lucky countries should be much attention by where shifting from from do radio. those crazy and that is a good solution,

better solution for this kind of complex, talking about global solutions. i want to bring in collude care, who is the director of the confluence advisory and cartoon sudan checked us out. energy security relies on the availability of sustainability and the affordability of energy and open slate to move to car production. and thereby raising energy prices is going to affect the school quite clearly. most amongst the effect countries that are already vulnerable to just the nomic. but governance shocks, it's therefore very important, i think, for countries that are frankly going to be making a killing out of this latest move, set up the global trust fund to ensure that countries and communities are able to whether the energy and security for the next few months if not on a longer term basis. so i'm in one of those countries that she refers to making

a killing as norway. do you see a governmental obligation for the countries who are the recipients of this when fall to set up something serious for to kind of a global security fun there that they can contribute to, to address these type of crises moving forward. i think that was a really telling problem because the sons are literally making a killing. you know, people are going to die because they can't afford to keep their homes will they can afford to charge respirators if they're asthmatic. they can't afford to live a decent standard. and so yeah, absolutely. mobile obligation, i think as, as the inspector general's that on these firms to really put the profits back into helping those the most in need. and i think what's really important to remember is that as profits all the way through the system. so you know, a unit of gas from the pipe is extracted to the point. it's delivered into somebody's house, lots and lots of different private companies that are making

a profit over trading that on trans, missing it. and you know, the profits run deep, deep through the whole energy market. so in the u. k, they introduced on the when full tax nowhere near actually as much as the when full taxes in other in other countries. so we need to see people really pushing in those when full taxes to help pay for the solutions that not just going to kind of help us get through the current energy courses. but also going to help us make sure that we are not susceptible to such crises in the future. i want to check in with our youtube community again. lucas says, let's be realistic here. the u. s. is causes global crisis. how does the use sanction a country that provides them with energy you and us should be condemned by the rest of the world. richard says opec control supply and supply controls prices. opec unselfish high prices will bankrupt the world economy and cause the greatest

recession in history. and jonathan pressed as hard push forward to nuclear power or other fusion slash fusions. lots of big means vision solutions. so one term back to knows my and curious is, is it 72 percent of people who don't have electricity in the world are in africa. what is the push? they're like for green solutions, renewable solutions, non fossil fuel solutions. i think a lot of african leaders kind of see that as part of their long term goals for immediate needs means the fossil feels i need to be part of the energy mix. as i said, you know, there are a lot of countries in africa that the majority of the population do not have any access to electricity. i think one expert,

and i think he put it really well. he said, you know, renewable energy is for people who have power to worry about it for people who have their light, soul to worry about. if you are a, you know, as a pregnant woman giving birth in northern nigeria and you're doing that without any electricity than you're not thinking about renewable energy. you just want every type of energy is there. i think that you get there you go down. yes. as just a heard it from, from the discussion, i think the reading that has don't necessarily consider to be a great base and read base the supply of,

of electricity if they happen. busy for even for the non days, even need the meaning a supply of electricity. so no, using the solar or maybe either a weed or beans. and that can use quite sectors in bundle dish in india as well. so i don't think that it is always considered to be a very smart based electricity system which is available. we don't use them all of the but that is required for money. do not like that happening. authentic, we at the much more cheaper. we that i actually think you should just add another point that i heard just about the decision of big bluff countries for reduction offer to media and battle to be fixed up like we are really surprised to see the how the open countries have taken such a decision where they just said that how is severely affecting the.

busy energy security due to most of the part of the word as such a decision in such a very difficult time for opec to make the decision to cut back that much per day knows what you want to jump back in. and then i have another question for you just so you guys know we've got about 3 minutes left in the show. i think, yeah, set of panels, all of very, very important. they're great that they also require maintenance and they also require up cheese. and a lot of you know, these very, very poor communities. if you're in a very rural area and you go to a solar panel fitted. if it breaks down to hours, you know, to, to, to, to, to find somebody to fix it. that's not a solution for you. that's right. so i'm, i want to ask a broader question. so i know that there's a lot of international pressure on, let's say,

many of the countries in africa to not start new fossil fuel projects to only go toward renewable clean energy. but then at the same time, when europe needs the energy, they're the ones buying it and leaving some of the poor countries kind of left wanting and needing electricity at any cost. is there a policy involved in that? sure, i mean, you know, what's really interesting is seeing how community energy we spend talked about another context. we not happening here. so people are also using, you know, kind of agree with that gardens community, wind turbine, things like that. so people are trying to do that. so yeah, we have probably slightly better access to kind of those repairs. but i think i think it christie is also the fact that so much of this is controlled by global and international firms. the great big glossy corporate social responsibility, documents and policies. and yet they're making huge amounts of profits on the box,

the misery of people right across the world. and i think, you know, we need to see action on the, on a coordinated global scale to try and bring energy supply to people who need it. the most knows my, i'm a give you the last 60 seconds. were you trying to jump in there? yeah, just so that the kind of energy policy i'm at it at string. i think the, you know, if one of the things that his really annoyed a lot of african countries is that they half be trying to find the investments. but they, they all being stopped by western nations and europe's imports have south african co rise, 8 fold, you know, within, within the, the 1st 6 months is 2022. now g 7 nations were also the ones that back to

a landmark 8500000000 deal to how we in south africa of cold yet fail, the ones also importing and south african call it just, it it's, it's a double standard. yeah. now that's right. and as the northern hemisphere approaches winter, i think this is only going to become more of an acute issue that will continue to follow here on our desert english. or i think all of my guests for being with us today, simon milan and now thought it was great talking to you. and as i said, i, julia will keep watch in this was before. thank you. ah a thing

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