Instead of complaining about clean-energy subsidies, world leaders should agree on better rules to govern them.
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Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergGovernments around the world are engaged in a race to dominate green technologies — the batteries, wind turbines, heat pumps and more needed to combat climate change. This competition could descend into counterproductive trade wars, or it could accelerate progress toward net-zero emissions.
If world leaders want the latter outcome, they’ll need to establish some ground rules.
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