How the Race for Renewable Energy is Reshaping Global Politics
The world’s transition to clean energy is gathering speed. But will it produce a kind of clean energy realpolitik, with countries vying for advantage, or a more utopian future that reduces conflict?
By Leslie Hook and Henry Sanderson
February 26, 2021
Workers install wind turbines at Yuxia wind farm on mountain on June 15, 2020 in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province of China. Credit: Chen Fuping/VCG via Getty Images
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