Competition or Cooperation?

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🔬研究者:For researchers studying energy geopolitics, this paper provides a case-based framework for analyzing cooperation-competition dynamics in South Asia.

🏛政策担当者:Policymakers in Japan and other developed nations should note that China-India rivalry could slow clean energy deployment in least-developed countries, affecting global emission reduction targets.

China and India, as emerging powers, have cooperated on climate issues on the global stage. They have been instrumental in pressurizing the developed countries to shoulder major responsibilities in the fight against climate change. They have been the most important defenders of developing countries’ climate concerns. As Global South leaders, China and India also have the responsibility to cooperate in supporting developing countries in their efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among the various sources of GHG emissions that cause climate change, energy has been the chief source globally, including in South Asia, due to countries’ heavy reliance on fossil fuels. Reducing GHG emissions, therefore, will largely depend on the success of transitioning to clean and renewable energy. Meaningful cooperation of/between China and India in supporting South Asian countries in transitioning to clean and renewable energy could perhaps make the transition faster and cheaper. However, given the active geopolitics of the two countries in the region and their competition in influencing the smaller developing nations, do China and India cooperate for clean and renewable energy development in South Asia considering the urgency of the climate crisis? This chapter seeks to find answers to this question in the case of the region’s two least-developed countries, Bangladesh and Nepal.

• openalex https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003782797-7first seen 2026-07-09 05:00:08