In brief | 7 April '26

FT: Europe must prepare for ‘long-lasting’ energy shock, EU warns

Energy commissioner says bloc is assessing fuel rationing and releasing more oil from strategic reserves.

Montel: War to hit Germany harder than Covid, curb energy use – analysts

A protracted war in Iran would hit Europe’s largest economy – Germany – harder than the 2009 financial crisis, Covid and the Ukraine war, with consequential sustained deindustrialisation curbing energy consumption, analysts told Montel.

Bloomberg: Global cities relearn an old lesson: how to weather an oil shock

Past energy shortages triggered gas-saving policy changes and a surge of ridership — and funding — for public transit. What will this oil crisis bring?

E3G: Making the EU’s climate and energy policy fit for the 2030s

The upcoming review of the EU’s climate and energy framework is set to shape the direction of the transition in the decade ahead, at a time when decarbonisation is increasingly linked to energy security and affordability, industrial competitiveness and geopolitical priorities.