Energy Transition

The UAE's repression of dissidents and rights activists serves defenders of the climate status quo at the COP28 in Dubai.    

With the help of the “JETP Vietnam” energy partnership, Vietnam is to become climate-neutral by 2050. While this agreement includes targets on energy, financial, and industrial policy, little has been achieved in terms of climate policy so far.

Green hydrogen is increasingly heralded as the best alternative to fossil fuels. But to prevent it from becoming another excuse for greenwashing, Western policymakers must work with their counterparts in the Global South to create an economically viable sector with strong environmental and social standards.