Svitlana Romanko

Svitlana Romanko is the founder and director of Razom We Stand. Based in Ukraine, she was formerly the zero fossil fuels campaign manager for the Laudato Si' Movement. She has been an environmental lawyer for more than 20 years and holds a Ph.D. in environmental, natural resources, land and agrarian law, and a doctorate on climate change law, climate governance and climate policy. She also worked for 350.org, and campaigned for a Just Green Recovery and Green Deal in Eastern Europe.

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A sad-looking resident is seen walking through rubble at a site of an apartment building in Odesa, Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian drone strike amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Ukraine's fight against Russian fossil fuels is everyone's battle

Commentary: The same MAGA diplomacy that loudly lectures Ukraine about peace simultaneously works to dismantle climate action and maintain a brutal addiction to fossil fuel.

A flower is pictured in front of the destroyed regional administration building following shelling by Russian troops in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, June 8. (CNS/Reuters/Edgar Su)

As long as fossil fuels flow, dictators like Putin possess power

Commentary: We need an all-out mobilization to build renewable energy in Europe and around the world, and it starts by divesting from fossil fuels. This will help us end the war in my country and rebuild Ukraine from the war ashes.

A woman reacts in front of destroyed apartment buildings March 17 in Mariupol, Ukraine. (CNS/Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)

Fossil fuels were always dangerous. Now they're fueling war on my doorstep.

Commentary: Fossil fuels have become a weapon of mass destruction, both for war in Ukraine and in the climate crisis. We must believe that we can overcome not only war in Ukraine, but also our dependency on oil, gas and coal.

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