As COP28 continues in the UAE, nearly unprecedented international attention has been paid to the advancement of green and renewable energy technologies, including photovoltaic solar, offshore wind, hydrogen fuel and even nuclear fusion.
But in a change from previous UN climate conferences, notably missing from the numerous commitments of renewable capacity building and emissions reductions already made at COP28 is a substantive commitment on behalf of governments or private firms to increase the global footprint of hydroelectric power.
