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Al Jazeera
Environment
John Psaropoulos

Ukraine war sped the world on a path to net zero emissions: Report

A solar panel park and a wind turbine are seen along the highway in Geldermalsen, Netherlands [File: Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has helped put the world on a path to net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), an autonomous intergovernmental organisation.

The study published on Tuesday says governments and individuals rushed to install solar panels and wind farms that would help wean them off fossil fuels, whose cost rose precipitously on account of the war.

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