Green poverty will probably need to be sold at higher prices than governments had expected and what they would like. The world won't take up as fast enough unless renewables make real money, says Bruno Jason. "We want the solution to happen fast enough to limit temperature rises to two degrees," he adds.
The Belt and Road initiative to encircle much of the world with Chinese-funded, Chinese-built infrastructure is growing leaner and more penny-wise. But its ambitions are undimmed. Energy-market turmoil has given a boost to the green transition—a boost that has come with hard truths about the shift’s costs. And a television show about Jesus Christ becomes an unlikely hit.
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