Climate policy under pressure: how geopolitics, trade and infrastructure—not technology—are reshaping the transition
Across Africa, Europe and South Asia, clean‑energy progress is being reshaped less by technology and more by geopolitics, trade policy and infrastructure. China’s export rebate cuts ripple through African solar markets, Italy pauses its coal exit over gas price fears, Bangladesh’s EVs hit charging and finance walls, and global climate finance tightens—redefining what it takes to keep the transition on track.