Promoting Renewables in Conflict-Ridden Regions: Combating Conflict, Economic and Energy Crises in the Middle East

Just a month ago, Jordan reopened the border to Syria in an attempt to stimulate trade and provoke an economic recovery of both countries. Whereas Jordan’s economy is dealing with a high rate of unemployment (48%), spiraling debt, scarcity of investments and widening external balances, Syria’s economy has been battered by the decade-long war, internal displacement, humanitarian catastrophe and the devastating influence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colombia Launches Hydrogen Roadmap: Promoting Regional Development and Fostering International Cooperation

On September 30th, 2021, Diego Mesa Puyo, Minister of Energy and Mining, launched Colombia’s Hydrogen Roadmap during an event in Barranquilla’s ‘Caja de Cristal’. As was emphasized in a promotional video during the opening of the event, “hydrogen will further accelerate the expansion of solar and wind projects” in Colombia, because its extraction can be achieved by the use of renewables.