RICH COUNTRIES ARE HYPOCRITICAL ON PROVIDING A PATH TO NET-ZERO CARBON EMISSION
POORER COUNTRIES HAVE TO BE ENSURED OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ENERGY NEEDS
2021-11-26 11:01
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Fighting global warming is not just providing a path to net-zero carbon emissions for all countries. It is also about how to meet the energy needs of the people while doing so. If fossil fuels are to be given up as they need to be, countries in Africa and a significant part of Asia, including India, need an alternate path for providing electricity to its people. What is the course open to the poor countries if they do not use the fossil fuel route that the rich countries have used? And how much will such a route cost, and who will pay the bill?