Ukraine Environmental Conflict Briefing: Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Publisher: Conflict and Environment Observatory and Zoï Environment Network
Date: 2022
Topics: Climate Change, Extractive Resources
Countries: Russian Federation, Ukraine
Ukraine has a high reliance on coal, gas and oil, and sites associated with their production, processing, transit or use continue to be key military and political objectives. Damage and disruption to such sites since February 2022 has left a legacy of environmental and public health risks and is increasingly exacerbating civilian suffering. The geopolitical manipulation of fossil energy in relation to the conflict has had global consequences whose reverberating effects on economies and the climate will last for years.