Recommendation 5

Tackling the immediate energy security and affordability issues caused by the war in Ukraine does not entail abandoning climate ambitions or putting them on pause. The energy trilemma can be solved by tackling all three issues together. There are many opportunities to achieve synergies between affordability, security and sustainability. Accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels will enhance the UK’s energy security and reduce the ability of aggressive or repressive regimes to use oil and gas supplies as an economic weapon. It will also help to protect households from volatile fossil fuel prices permanently and will reduce the fiscal burden of financial support to households through this and any future energy crisis. (Paragraph 40) Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies 81 The British Energy Security Strategy