This article is based on an op-ed written by Nick Meynen and previously published in Social Europe. Europe needs to shift from a system locked into climate-wrecking fuels, extractivism and autocracies—towards ‘energy justice’, write Nick Meynen and Diego Francesco Marin. The number of people affected by energy poverty in Europe has shot up from 34 million before the energy crisis to a staggering 80 million in recent estimations. Many decision-makers in Europe point the finger towards Covid-19 or the Kremlin. … Continue reading Social and climate injustice is fueling Europe’s energy crisis