# High gas prices, energy security fears impede decarbonisation push | Reuters

> Reuters reports that high gas prices and energy security concerns are slowing efforts to shift from coal to gas, after Russian gas supply disruptions following the Ukraine invasion. Gas prices in Europe and Asia reached all-time highs earlier this year, adding to inflation.

- Date: 2022-05-27 · published 2022-05-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41572-high-gas-prices-energy-security-fears-impede-decarbonisation-push-reuters
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Persistently high gas prices keep energy and nitrogen fertilizer costs elevated, supporting feed and crop input prices.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2021-01-14 | [What the Rally in Gas Prices Tells us about Gas Markets and Energy Security](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49334-what-the-rally-in-gas-prices-tells-us-about-gas-markets-and-energy-security.md) | -10.2% | +55.7% |
| NATGAS | 2018-07-03 | [Gas traders fear US winter price spike - Energy Risk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64222-gas-traders-fear-us-winter-price-spike-energy-risk.md) | -1.3% | -2.8% |
| NATGAS | 2021-10-20 | [The Global Energy Crisis: Implications of Record High Natural Gas Prices - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA \| CGEP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44767-the-global-energy-crisis-implications-of-record-high-natural-gas-prices-center.md) | +15.9% | +4.0% |
| NATGAS | 2021-10-06 | [Sterling volatility jumps as soaring energy prices knock pound \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44810-sterling-volatility-jumps-as-soaring-energy-prices-knock-pound-reuters.md) | -14.5% | -14.3% |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-30 | [Oxford Energy Podcast - Why are gas prices so high? - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45224-oxford-energy-podcast-why-are-gas-prices-so-high-oxford-institute-for-energy.md) | +4.2% | +8.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/high-gas-prices-energy-security-fears-impede-decarbonisation-push-2022-05-27/

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