Energy Security Versus Climate Security – See How Your Country Ranks Among Others — Some Are Predictable, Some Are Surprises.

Energy Security Versus Climate Security – See How Your Country Ranks Among Others — Some Are Predictable, Some Are Surprises.

German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck forecasts gas storage levels as ... [+] part of energy supply security in June 2022. Energy security is a source of anxiety across the world. Inflation is high, including cost of natural gas and electricity, and many are predicting an imminent world-wide recession. COP27 is over, where international reps gathered to discuss climate security, lamenting that not enough progress is being made to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that cause global warming and ensuing climate disasters. On one hand the world is faced with energy insecurity, while on the other it's faced with climate insecurity. Unfortunately, the fossil fuel industry is caught in the middle because it is responsible for about 83% of the world's energy and about 73% of global GHG emissions. It would be insightful to compare energy security versus climate security, country-by-country, on the same page. This information can be gleaned from one article discussed below. The bottom line is Sweden is ranked at the top, the UK is fourth, the US is tenth, Australia is thirteenth, and China ranks fortieth. How is this ranking defined, and what does it mean? Let's dig a little deeper. An