Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February is the defining event in what’s become a global energy crisis. But Suriya Jayanti, a former American diplomat who served as the Energy Unit Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, notes that “the fundamentals of an energy crisis were already in place” before the war began and that “Putin has functioned as the catalyst that has pushed the rest of the world off the energy cliff.” Suriya, a co-founder and managing director at decarbonization and renewables consultancy Eney LLC, joins Real Vision’s Andreas Steno Larsen to share her perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war and its lessons for policymakers about over-reliance on foreign powers for energy inputs as well as the consequences of a concentrated feedstock mix. The outlook for the Eurozone and nearby Ukraine and Russia is bleak – for 2022 and well beyond. But, as Suriya and Andreas discuss, these circumstances will force the reimagining of the world’s approach to energy for good. Recorded on September 22, 2022.