Thanks, Pranay. Have been following your substack for a recent while but have been an avid reader of your writing through other mediums, amazing stuff.
My observation (negative lens on purpose): National governments are fundamentally hedging for the outside-in risks and are myopic in their view. We live in a world where governments are creating trust/trade barriers and yet are standing together on a forum to committ to a decarbonised future. The contrast is evident. Why should anyone trust, invest, pledge in propelling a globalised common goals for Net Zero and SDGs when the reality is that geopolitics and powerplay trumps the narrative almost always.
There can never be a global common goal. The goal is what the global elite recognises and ensures the minions follow.
Thanks, Pranay. Have been following your substack for a recent while but have been an avid reader of your writing through other mediums, amazing stuff.
My observation (negative lens on purpose): National governments are fundamentally hedging for the outside-in risks and are myopic in their view. We live in a world where governments are creating trust/trade barriers and yet are standing together on a forum to committ to a decarbonised future. The contrast is evident. Why should anyone trust, invest, pledge in propelling a globalised common goals for Net Zero and SDGs when the reality is that geopolitics and powerplay trumps the narrative almost always.
There can never be a global common goal. The goal is what the global elite recognises and ensures the minions follow.