We are in the middle of the first truly global energy crisis.

And we all know that these pipeline gas cuts have added unprecedented pressure.

We will report of one of the emergency measures we took during the energy crisis in 20.

With severe knock-on effects on Europe's energy system.

Europe's energy system is entering a period of radical change.

The net zero transition will require a significant overhaul of our infrastructure

and greater access to vital metals and minerals to power green technology.

Geopolitical tensions are forcing the continent to find new sources of energy

and deepen collaboration with

allies, but could also see it excluded from critical commodities if trade tensions mount.

Cyber security is a rising concern too, as malevolent actors look to target critical infrastructure.

I'm Adam Green, a science and technology journalist, and in this special podcast episode, produced by Politico Studio for Equinoa, I talk to experts from business, think tanks and governments about turning crisis into opportunity, building energy interdependence rather than independence in Europe, and how to defend the continent's

energy infrastructure from cyber threats.

I started by asking Albrecht Mungrenier, executive director at the European Initiative

for Energy Security, how European attitudes to energy have changed since the war in Ukraine.

So, up until the war, I'd say energy security issues were obviously important already, but largely

left to experts.

And the war and the energy crisis have turned this into a massive social, economic and

therefore political issue.

We'd never experience such an energy shock.

And the impact this has had on people and industries

just made it from page news.

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