New Delhi, May 1 -- India, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Germany, and the UK are among countries that have been leveraging the renewable energy transition as a cornerstone of energy security, Simon Stiell, the UN Climate chief said on Thursday at opening of the COP31-International Energy Agency High-Level Energy Transition Dialogue. Renewables offer safer, cheaper, cleaner energy that can't be held captive by narrow shipping straits, or global conflicts, Stiell emphasised. "That's why so many governments are pushing renewables plans into overdrive: to restore national security, economic stability, competitiveness, policy autonomy and basic sovereignty," he added. "War in the Middle East is taking a terrible human toll across the region. Ci...