Editorial: The Challenge of COVID-19 for the Energy Sector: Towards a Global Perspective
| DOI | 10.3366/gels.2020.0016 |
| Pages | vii-xi |
| Published date | 01 August 2020 |
| Date | 01 August 2020 |
When companies and organizations crafted their 2020 plans, little did they know that a pandemic would cause a storm of epic proportions in major capitals and economic sectors around the world. This initiative, a themed issue of the journal has been in response to this crisis of COVID-19 which is fast emerging as one of the greatest challenges for this generation from a global perspective. Previous generations in the recent past have experienced global financial crisis but this is current crisis with COVID-19 is unprecedented. It is causing a major challenge to our health as a global society and straining the health services of nations across the world. As a result of the responses needed to manage COVID-19 it is clear that there is a financial crisis fast emerging globally and many countries are already in recession. And it is worth noting that the responses to the onset of the financial crisis are limited due to the COVID-19 and the restrictions on movement at international, national and local levels.
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The energy sector which provides the source of energy literally for our economies to grow is vital to the functioning of our economies and many of the articles submitted for this special issue identify this fundamental issue. It can be even stated that alongside the health...
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