The hopeful side of this might be that the economies of scale in renewable energy such as wind and solar have been funded by the wealthy countries. Thus the dev

The hopeful side of this might be that the economies of scale in renewable energy such as wind and solar have been funded by the wealthy countries. Thus the developing nations are in a far better spot where it may even be cheaper to use renewable sources than GHG producing sources. If you consider that coal plants also come with negative health effects on a population (elevated cancer rates, etc) - it makes even more sense. Compare this to how the U.S. invested in developing fiber optic technology - it was INSANELY expensive to build out fiber networks in the 80s/90s, and now it's nearly free. The small countries who waited until ~2005 or after were able to build out their internet infrastructure for a fraction of the cost. Perhaps a similar effect is taking place with energy, but I may be overly optimistic.