The new geopolitics of energy

Following the dramatic floods in Valencia, and as COP29 opens in Baku, climate change is forcing us to closely reexamine the pace—and the stumbling blocks—of the energy transition.
In another arena, a faltering multilateralism—even on major matters transcending national boundaries—is holding back the work of the International Criminal Court.
And yet the ICC has come far since it was founded by the Rome Statute, exercising its jurisdiction over the most serious of crimes taking place in Ukraine and in Gaza. This undoubtedly marks a watershed in the short history of international criminal justice. Only time will tell whether national governments will rally behind the ICC’s progress, or whether it will have to settle for a more symbolic role as custodian of morality and international law.
International negotiations on climate change, and international prosecutions for the most egregious crimes: these are two areas where multilateralism, in dire need of reform, is struggling to assert itself within existing legal frameworks.