L'Européiste

Just as Americans decided to emancipate from Europeans powers – Britain, Spain and Portugal – with the Monroe Doctrine (1823) and its motto "America to the Americans", it is time for Continental Europe to free itself from its 70 years dependance on the Anglosphere

East and West should join forces to fight climate warming rather than each other

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Jacques Huynen

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/06/china-clean-energy-revolution-coal-power?utm_term=64a6e5036dce0fdd96f435f902554b34&utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=opinionuk_email
« The challenge for China is to maintain its record on clean technology but to shut off the coal pipeline. That will require decisive reforms in its power sector, where many of the rules still favour coal over clean energy sources. Technological solutions such as energy storage could also help the transition in the interim. But ultimately, the country needs to gather the political courage to stop building coal plants and start phasing them out.
As for the rest of the world, global persuasion for China to shift its course on coal is critical. Climate diplomacy won’t be pain free, but it is the only way to tackle the defining global crisis of our times. Countries in the west also need to learn from China, even if there is no simple cut-and-paste solution for them. It is a blessing that a template for success exists. Refusing to learn from each other, in a world where countries are more interested in fighting one another than climate change, would be futile. « 

Kissinger not so bad after all?

27/05/2023

Jacques Huynen

https://asiatimes.com/2023/05/us-china-competitive-peace-or-road-to-war/embed/#?secret=u4PFBZ37ZK#?secret=lh3vvIi9P1