How Extreme Weather Threatens Energy Security—From Jellyfish Swarms to "Super El Niño"

This summer, drought-induced navigation restrictions on the Panama Canal, nuclear plant shutdowns due to rising seawater temperatures and jellyfish blockages, and drought-driven freight cost increases on European inland waterways highlight how extreme weather is severely threatening global energy supply chains. Although climate-related losses in the EU over the past four years account for a quarter of the total over the past 44 years, policy and media attention remains dominated by geopolitical conflicts, underscoring the urgency of accelerating the energy transition.