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How Putin’s war and small islands are accelerating the global shift to clean energy, and what to watch for in 2023

  • Written by Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageWorkers install solar panels for a floating photovoltaic solar plant in Germany in April 2022.Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity and energy poverty around the world, and the beginning of 2023 is looking bleak.

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