UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say

<p>Fossil fuel price surge after US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompts calls to end dependence on ‘volatile’ energy source</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/05/iran-war-latest-updates-canada-carney-trump-israel-tehran-strikes">Middle East crisis live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The UK government must double down on its clean energy drive to protect bill payers from increasingly volatile fossil fuel markets in the wake of the US-Israel war on Iran, climate groups, academics and energy experts have warned.</p><p><a href="https://transitionsecurity.org/trillion-dollar-bills">Research published </a>on Thursday shows that the last fossil fuel energy crisis, caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, cost the EU and the UK $1.8tn between 2022 and 2025, driving up bills and fuelling a devastating cost of living crisis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/uk-clean-energy-iran-war-fossil-fuel-prices-surge">Continue reading...</a>