How climate change will transform the global balance of power

In his remarks to the annual conference of the Valdai Club this autumn, President Vladimir Putin managed simultaneously to cast doubt on whether human-driven climate change is actually happening, and to assure his audience that Russia is doing everything possible to prevent it. This is also very close to the contradictory public positions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.

India, however, has recently made remarkable progress in moving to renewable energy, while Russia is mostly just marking time.

Read more on https://www.ft.com/content/27e6c7c8-ce5c-11e9-b018-ca4456540ea6

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