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The New Energy Priorities Emerging From This Moment of Chaos
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The New Energy Priorities Emerging From This Moment of Chaos

TIME·Justin Worland·about 1 month ago
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I got to know U.N. Secretary General António Guterres through his work on climate. Throughout his tenure, he’s been an outspoken voice warning about the risks of rising emissions. But what struck me as the most relevant Future Proof insight during our fireside chat at the TIME100 Summit in New York this week wasn’t his climate warning but rather his concern over the breakdown of international norms.  “If international law is disrespected, if countries do not care about the norms they have themselves established, the result is the kind of chaos we are witnessing in so many parts of the world,” he said.  Energy depends on global supply chains, international cooperation, and the rule of law. Just a few years ago, all of that could be taken largely for granted, allowing most executives to focus on execution. But chaos, as Guterres described it, threatens all of those things and makes geopolitics an urgent concern. The Iran war and the crisis at the Strait of Hormuz is just the start.…

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