Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The message that energy transitions help build modern economies and improve air quality and living standards is not a new one to our readers. The energy-saving potential is much greater in inefficient economies with few incentives to reduce fossil fuel consumption. In this issue, we take a special look at Ukraine, a country where awareness around climate change and sustainability is still developing. We find that with the necessary incentives Ukraine would be able to increase its share of renewables in final energy consumption to 91 percent, and reduce its total energy consumption by 27 percent by 2050. This would also result in a more efficient economy, which at the moment still consumes 3-4 times more energy than the EU average for every unit of GDP. Here, Oleh Savytskyi and Oksana Aliieva ask whether
the energy transition in Ukraine is a mission impossible.
We wish you happy reading!
Your Global Energiewende Team,