We Are Entering The Greatest Technological Transition In History“¦ And That Will Reshape Geopolitics

We Are Entering The Greatest Technological Transition In History“¦ And That Will Reshape Geopolitics

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The transition currently underway from a fossil-fuel energy model to one based on renewables is surely the most important in our collective history. Some time ago, Nature published a brilliant article, “Model and manage the changing geopolitics of energy”, in which it reviews the geopolitical implications of this transition and the most likely scenarios to result from it, which will be determined fundamentally by international cooperation, technological disruption, and competing national interests.

The ideal scenario would see strong international cooperation based on a global consensus for action on climate change. So-called dirty nationalists like Donald Trump, who pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement, are the most dangerous threat to this scenario, although incoming president Joe Biden has committed has committed to implement a vast program to combat the climate emergency. The much-needed change in attitude of the world's largest economy, undoubtedly the best news of 2020, will be embodied in a clearly defined agenda and in the organization of the World Climate Summit in 2021.

On the other hand, a pandemic made worse by our longstanding war against nature, from which it can no longer protect itself, has increased social pressure on governments to come