| dc.description.abstract | Climate change is an ever-looming threat, and as the war in Ukraine rages on, climate change is not necessarily on the top of everyone’s mind. However, is there a way to combine these things? Can war increase the use of renewables? Before us we find a scenario where Russia holds a fossil fuelled energy weapon aimed at Europe, and how is Europe to respond to this? The hypothesis of this thesis is that Europe might pivot towards renewables as a means of making Russia’s weapon null and void. Renewables achieves both the invalidation of Russian imported energy, as well as security for the European energy sector by making Europe independent when it comes to their energy needs. Additionally, phasing out fossil fuels in favour of renewables puts the EU in a prime position to combat climate change and live up to the targets it has set for the future. | |
