Amol Rajan and guests discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine might affect energy security around the world.

While European countries are scrambling to find alternative sources of oil and gas to reduce or eliminate their dependence on Russian energy, oil producers in the Middle East are contemplating how far to step in to bridge the energy gap.

Meanwhile, the price of just about every consumable imaginable is seeing rapid inflation around the globe because of the rise in the cost of energy to make them. So what can we learn from previous energy crises, for example, in the 1970s, and what should governments and large energy companies be doing to protect energy security and consumers from the worst effects of this current crisis?

Joining Amol Rajan are:
Greg Jackson, founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group.
Oksana Antonenko, director of Control Risks. She advises corporations on geopolitical and regulatory risks.
Monika Maduekwe, founder of PUTTRU Technology Industries in Nigeria and a former programme officer at the Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the Economic Community of West African States.
Professor Jim Watson, Professor of Energy Policy at University College London.

Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Lucinda Borrell
Researcher: Marianna Brain
Studio Manager: James Beard
Sound mix: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Nicola Addyman Show less