COP 26 climate Summit next week is coming at a time when the world's attention is mostly on an ongoing global energy crisis dominated by energy under-supply and high prices. The crisis stems mainly from a sharp and unexpected rise in energy demands prompted by global economic recovery as Covid 19 pandemic recedes. Energy shortages are also caused by an ongoing divestment from high carbon fuels ( coal and oil ) when replacement renewable energy is not sufficiently available.
Countries that were confidently and successfully replacing coal with lower-carbon natural gas and renewable energy are having to go slow on their energy transition. In the Summit, there will likely be more hesitancy than certainty in committing climate mitigation actions by various countries, faced with insufficient data on how much renewable energy supply will be available to replace fossil fuels.
