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    Renewable energy development may impact geopolitics in several ways: 1. Cartels could form around critical materials for renewable technologies, exerting some influence over consumers. China currently dominates rare earth element mining and processing critical for technologies like solar panels and wind turbines. 2. Technology and investment in renewables could become points of international cooperation or rivalry, with tensions between developing and developed nations over technology transfers. Conflicts may also emerge over new renewable energy infrastructure dependencies. 3. As fossil fuel-producing countries see declining oil/gas/coal exports, they will need to adjust their economies, and the rise of renewables may create new geopolitical powers. Geopolitics is clearly an element

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    Renewable energy development may impact geopolitics in several ways: 1. Cartels could form around critical materials for renewable technologies, exerting some influence over consumers. China currently dominates rare earth element mining and processing critical for technologies like solar panels and wind turbines. 2. Technology and investment in renewables could become points of international cooperation or rivalry, with tensions between developing and developed nations over technology transfers. Conflicts may also emerge over new renewable energy infrastructure dependencies. 3. As fossil fuel-producing countries see declining oil/gas/coal exports, they will need to adjust their economies, and the rise of renewables may create new geopolitical powers. Geopolitics is clearly an element

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    Renewable energy development may impact geopolitics in several ways: 1. Cartels could form around critical materials for renewable technologies, exerting some influence over consumers. China currently dominates rare earth element mining and processing critical for technologies like solar panels and wind turbines. 2. Technology and investment in renewables could become points of international cooperation or rivalry, with tensions between developing and developed nations over technology transfers. Conflicts may also emerge over new renewable energy infrastructure dependencies. 3. As fossil fuel-producing countries see declining oil/gas/coal exports, they will need to adjust their economies, and the rise of renewables may create new geopolitical powers. Geopolitics is clearly an element

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    Geopolitics is present in renewable energy

    A recent UN climate agreement has portrayed the potential to shift global energy
    consumption from a mix dominated by fossil fuels to one driven by low-carbon technologies.
    It is clear that if this happens, fossil-fuel-producing countries will have to adjust their
    economies to reflect lower export earnings from oil, coal, and natural gas. The rise of
    renewable energy may also create new centres of geopolitical power.

    There are several mechanisms through which renewable energies could shape geopolitics

    1. As the shift to renewable energy begins, cartels could develop around materials
    critical to renewable energy technologies. Even if these cartels are unable to achieve
    the kind of impact that OPEC did in the 1970s oil market, they might be able to exert
    influence over consumers of these materials.
    2. Rare earth elements are widely used in clean energy technologies, including solar
    panels and wind turbines. Although rare earths elements are found in many countries
    around the world, they are usually found in dilute concentrations and are often
    difficult to extract. Today almost all mining, production and processing of rare earth
    elements takes place in China. Lithium, cobalt and indium are also widely used in
    clean energy technologies and might in some circumstances present opportunities for
    cartelization.
    3. Technology and finance: In a world in which renewables are the dominant source of
    energy, capital for investment and technology may increasingly become sources of
    international cooperation or rivalry. First, increased tensions between developing and
    developed countries could develop over the transfer of technology. Second, conflict
    over renewable energy infra- structure could develop, especially if new asymmetric
    dependencies arise between major producers and consumers of renewable energy.
    4. I would like to throw light upon the Indus water treaty, The IWT is a bilateral water
    sharing treaty between India and Pakistan. Pakistan is signatory to the 1969 Vienna
    Convention on the Law of Treaties and India is not, so the rules of the Convention are
    not binding on New Delhi. There may be scope for India to wiggle an interpretation
    that might allow it to abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty unilaterally. But, The IWT
    does not contain a provision for either party to unilaterally suspend/terminate the
    contents of the treaty. Therefore, from a technical point of view, neither India nor
    Pakistan can unilaterally abrogate or modify the treaty. Yet, if one side so wishes, it
    can abrogate it despite this. However, doing so would automatically mean losing
    credibility and being deemed rogue on the international front. Since Pakistan is
    dependent on the water supplied via this treaty, it will not want to abrogate it because
    it is not in its interest to do so. For India, unilaterally abrogating or modifying the
    terms of the treaty would set an extremely dangerous precedent for itself, given how
    India too is a lower riparian state to important rivers that originate in China.

    There are a lot of geopolitical centers present in renewable energy.

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    Palak Joshi

    B.A.LLB (B)

    Roll No. 71

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