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Jörg Haas

Jörg Haas is head of international politics at the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Storage tanks are seen at the construction site of China’s first 10,000-ton photovoltaic green hydrogen pilot project operated by China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) on January 4, 2023 in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Guo Jianjiang/VCG via Getty Images)
GREEN HYDROGEN

Green hydrogen could be the fuel of the future

Western policymakers must work with their counterparts in the Global South to create a viable sector with strong environmental and social standards

  • Jörg Haas
5 min read
Ink it: For people in countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change, such as Mukuka and his family in Poti-Kro in Brazil’s Amazon forest, coming up with Earth-saving debt relief strategies will be a matter of survival, the writers argue. (Taylor Weidman/LightRocket/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Debt-for-climate swaps are crucial for economic recovery in the developing world

COMMENT: Developing countries face a debt crisis that will only become worse as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, and massive debt relief will inevitably be necessary. The only…

  • Jörg Haas
  • Shamshad Akhtar
  • Kevin P Gallagher
  • Stephany Griffith-Jones
  • Ulrich Volz
5 min read