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The human, environmental and economic cost of the war on Iran
Six months into the US-Israeli war on Iran, people are paying the price in lives, environmental damage and higher bills. The crisis shows how dependence on fossil fuels leaves people exposed to volatile prices and future shocks.
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Fossil fuel dependence makes conflict more expensive: the true cost of the war on Iran
The US‑Israeli war on Iran is killing civilians and devastating the Middle East, but it is also exposing a deeper fault line. A world hooked on fossil fuels turns every conflict into a global cost of living, climate and security crisis.
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Fossilflation: how fossil fuels are driving today’s cost‑of‑living crisis
We are not just in a “cost‑of‑living crisis”. Across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, fossil‑fuel price shocks are driving a new phase of inflation known as fossilflation, pushing up energy, food and housing costs while oil companies profit.
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Six radical ideas we need right now to end fossil fuel dependence and protect people from the war on Iran price shock
One hundred days after the US and Israel attacked Iran, tens of millions of people are still paying for a crisis they did not choose through higher fuel, food and transport costs. This chaos is the predictable result of fossil fuel dependency. Here are six bold ideas that could protect people now and help the…
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How Ukraine’s decentralised renewables can help end the global fossil fuel crisis cycle
From wartime Ukraine to the Iran energy shock, decentralised renewables are emerging as a real energy security solution. Community solar, local grids and gas‑free cities show how countries can protect households from fossil fuel price spikes, war‑fuelled crises and blackouts – while cutting emissions and ending the global fossil fuel crisis cycle.
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100 days after the attacks on Iran: who is paying, who is profiting, and what needs to happen
One hundred days after the US and Israel launched their war on Iran, families in Iran and across the Middle East are living with bombs, blackouts and water cuts, while people worldwide face higher fuel, food and transport costs. This crisis is not a shock from nowhere but the predictable result of fossil fuel dependency…
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Iran war energy shock: 5 reasons renewables are ready to protect people from fossil fuel price spikes
Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran is driving up oil and gas prices and deepening the cost of living crisis, but this time the world has a way out. Renewables are already cheaper, faster to build and more stable than fossil fuels, and clean, homegrown energy can shield billions of people from future price shocks.
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Greenpeace reacts as fertilizer firms report soaring profits from Iran war supply crisis
Greenpeace International reacts to the news that fertiliser producers have made windfall profits off the back of the war in the Middle East.
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From Ukraine to Iran: how the fossil fuel war playbook makes people pay for crisis
The US and Israel’s war on Iran is not only a human tragedy. It is also a textbook example of the fossil fuel industry’s war playbook, turning oil and gas chaos into record profits while people face higher bills. Governments can either keep playing along, or break the cycle with renewables and justice‑based solutions.
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In Santa Marta, governments can back clean energy, say no to war and oil and gas
As leaders prepare to gather in Santa Marta, Colombia to chart a course away from fossil fuels, the world is being reminded, again, of the cost of coal, oil and gas dependence.