For a lot of the twentieth century, oil dominated overseas coverage. Nations spent the higher a part of the century scrambling to safe provide. Typically it occurred by negotiations and diplomacy. All too typically it resulted within the overthrow of governments or outright invasions.

However with fossil fuels on the wane, we’re beginning to get a glimpse of overseas relations within the twenty first century, and it looks like funding would be the defining attribute. Decarbonization diplomacy is wanting loads much less violent than what preceded it.

It took some time to get so far — in all probability too lengthy — however the dam seems to be breaking.