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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Soaring fuel bills may push 141m more into extreme poverty globally – study

A protest against energy price rises in Kolkata, India.
A protest against energy price rises in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Dipa Chakraborty/Pacific Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Soaring energy prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict could push up to 141 million more people around the globe into extreme poverty, a study has found.

The cost of energy for households globally could have increased by between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a modelling study by an international group of scientists published in Nature Energy.

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