5 reasons why COP28, the U.N. climate conference, is worth your attention
1 year, 3 months ago

5 reasons why COP28, the U.N. climate conference, is worth your attention

LA Times  

People walk through the venue at the COP28 U.N. These are plans by individual countries to reduce their use of oil, gas and coal, which produce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, and lay out how they plan to adapt to impacts of extreme weather events. The Paris agreement established a defining goal that has guided climate discussions ever since: Cut emissions from the burning of fossil fuels to make sure average global temperatures don’t go beyond 2 degrees Celsius since preindustrial times, and ideally not over 1.5 degrees Celsius. Last year’s climate talks, COP27, in Egypt produced a landmark agreement for rich countries to contribute to a fund to help developing nations adapt to climate change. For decades, environmental activists had argued that a “loss and damage” fund was necessary because rich nations, which industrialized with fossil fuels, were largely responsible for climate change while developing countries were being hit the hardest, as they didn’t have the resources to withstand floods, heat waves, prolonged drought and other manifestations of a warming world.

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US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework
1 month ago

US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s meeting in Hangzhou, China opened on Monday with reports that US has withdrawn from the seventh assessment cycle presently underway. IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of leading scientists globally, did not comment on US’s withdrawal immediately. Government support ensures the …

COP30 president urges most ambitious emissions targets possible
1 month, 3 weeks ago

COP30 president urges most ambitious emissions targets possible

Raw Story  

by Anna PELEGRI Countries must aim as high as possible when setting new goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Andre Correa do Lago, the president of the COP30 climate conference to be hosted by Brazil in November, told AFP in an interview. Correa do Lago, the Brazilian foreign ministry's secretary for the environment, said it did not matter if countries …

Climate Change: Why 2025 is a do-or-die year for climate action
2 months ago

Climate Change: Why 2025 is a do-or-die year for climate action

Live Mint  

Donald Trump withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accords was a decision foretold. Trump has never been shy of airing his deep climate denialism, so it was clear as soon as the US presidential results were announced last November that the US would give up on climate action. For poorer nations, which have largely contributed next to nothing to …

How the US exit from Paris Climate Accord will hit COP30 funding negotiations
2 months, 1 week ago

How the US exit from Paris Climate Accord will hit COP30 funding negotiations

India Today  

As President Donald Trump pulls the US out of the Paris Climate Accords, experts are concerned about the future of the global climate fight and the urgent funding targets that now seem impossible to be reached. Andre Correa do Lago head of the global COP30 summit, has voiced concerns, saying negotiations will likely be "harder" at the COP30 summit compared …

Humanity is failing to meet its climate change goals. Here's what experts say we can still do
3 months ago

Humanity is failing to meet its climate change goals. Here's what experts say we can still do

Salon  

Last month the Copernicus Climate Change Service, an organization run by the European Union to monitor global heating, revealed that Earth was on track to surpass the 1.5º C threshold. Many people understand the stakes: climate change threatens to kill billions of humans and wipe out millions of species, pushing the definition of “habitability” to the brink. The overwhelming scientific …

How global warming smashed all safety barriers in 2024
3 months, 1 week ago

How global warming smashed all safety barriers in 2024

Live Mint  

New Delhi: How do we feel the effects of climate change in our everyday lives? “People just get on with their lives, and that’s not nice", she says, putting the onus of this forgetfulness on the fact that in India, we tend to focus on “seasonal climate conversations"—like heat waves during summer, and floods during the monsoon. “It’s almost inevitable …

The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change

The Independent  

I remember being captivated as a young man by this bold, Latin American leader called Rafael Correa. When the deadline passed after four years of campaigning, and deposits of only $13.3m had been received, president Correa declared that “the world has failed us” – not so different to the words echoed by the least developed country negotiators last week, who …

Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate Change and You: Kicking the can at COP

Live Mint  

To subscribe to this fortnightly newsletter and get it in your inbox, Dear Reader, Welcome to the second issue of Mint’s fortnightly newsletter, Climate Change and You. The first dispatch, written by my colleague Bibek Bhattacharya, was a backgrounder on the state of global climate, the consequences of global average temperatures overshooting the 1.5 degrees Celsius target and India’s progress …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

COP29: How $300 billion climate funding is an ‘optical illusion’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

COP29: How $300 billion climate funding is an ‘optical illusion’

Firstpost  

Much of the funding relies on mobilising private finance, which often translates to loans rather than grants. Nations already grappling with crippling debt burdens face the prospect of trading financial solvency for climate action A demonstrator displays hands that reads "pay up" during a protest for climate finance at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, November 23, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. …

UN climate summits turning dubious deepen crisis
3 months, 4 weeks ago

UN climate summits turning dubious deepen crisis

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The COP29 climate conference, hosted in Baku, concluded with palpable disappointment as developed nations committed to mobilising only $300 billion annually for climate action in developing countries. This disappointing outcome exemplifies a larger pattern that has emerged over the past several years with the annual climate summits consistently failing to deliver on their ambitious goals. According to the United …

COP29 in Baku: Oil and money stain climate talks
3 months, 4 weeks ago

COP29 in Baku: Oil and money stain climate talks

New Indian Express  

It is indeed ironical the UN Climate Conference, also known as the Conference of Parties, chooses to hold their jamborees in capitals that are the hub of fossil fuel interests. The World, desperately fighting Climate Change and global warming, held its 200-nation gathering in December 2023 in Dubai; and now COP29 has just concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan – the oldest …

UK, China can set example of joint climate action
4 months ago

UK, China can set example of joint climate action

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Global surface temperatures reached record levels in 2024 as the impacts of climate change are being felt around the world. Amid rising political tensions worldwide, strong bilateral cooperation between the United Kingdom and China can provide the international leadership needed to boost the fight against climate change this decade. Sino-British climate cooperation deepening Supported by the UK's …

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies
4 months ago

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies

China Daily  

A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 31, 2024. At the just-concluded UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, health amid climate change was a prominent subject of discussion. Climate change does pose a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of …

Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges
4 months ago

Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

India Today  

When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday morning, hoping to clinch a hard-fought agreement on global climate finance, he carried with him two speeches. He praised the agreement as a breakthrough and shamed the deal's doubters as "wrong", even as many of the climate deal's intended recipients …

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies
4 months ago

Optimizing climate health adaptation policies

China Daily  

A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 31, 2024. At the just-concluded UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, health amid climate change was a prominent subject of discussion. Climate change does pose a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of …

COP29 Agreement Says Someone Should Pay to Help Developing Countries, but Not Who
55 years, 2 months ago

COP29 Agreement Says Someone Should Pay to Help Developing Countries, but Not Who

Wired  

At around 3 am on Sunday morning, in a drained plenary, the gavel slammed to bring COP29 to a close. The conference, whose primary focus was agreeing on a new finance deal to help developing nations with their climate actions, was supposed to end on Friday. The final extra day was marked by drafts, huddles, and bitter clashes behind closed …

Climate talks end with mere $300 bn pledge
4 months ago

Climate talks end with mere $300 bn pledge

New Indian Express  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku concluded on Sunday amid high drama with the adoption of a controversial agreement to triple climate finance for developing countries to $300 billion annually by 2035 as against the $1.3 trillion sought by developing countries per year until 2030. The process and the amount agreed upon faced strong opposition from India and …

Why developing nations like India are unhappy about the $300 billion COP29 deal
4 months ago

Why developing nations like India are unhappy about the $300 billion COP29 deal

India Today  

The $300 billion annual climate finance deal agreed upon at COP29 in Baku has sparked significant dissatisfaction among developing nations, who deem the amount insufficient to address the escalating impacts of climate change. Developing countries argue that the $300 billion target, set to be achieved by 2035, falls short of the actual financial needs required to combat climate change effectively. …

Inside the Frantic Maneuvers That Saved COP29 Talks at a Cost
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4 months ago

Inside the Frantic Maneuvers That Saved COP29 Talks at a Cost

Live Mint  

-- Negotiations over hundreds of billions of dollars in new climate funding for developing countries had staggered into overtime at COP29 in Azerbaijan. Saudi Arabia’s representative, Albara Tawfiq, said the kingdom opposed bids to “shift” the responsibility for providing climate finance beyond developed countries, shutting down a bid by the EU and US to expand the pool of contributors. Rich …

The climate deal brokered at Cop29 is disappointing – but it is a start
4 months ago

The climate deal brokered at Cop29 is disappointing – but it is a start

The Independent  

Although the last-minute agreement on climate finance reached at the Cop29 summit in Baku was branded a “betrayal” of developing countries by campaigners, it was much better than no deal. It was less than they wanted, but the agreement called on all parties to mobilise “all public and private sources” to get closer to the poor nations’ demand for $1.3 …

Cop29 secures last minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse
4 months ago

Cop29 secures last minute $300bn climate finance deal as talks saved from collapse

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Activists participated in demonstrations for climate finance at the Cop29 summit “This deal will keep …

COP29 Climate Finance Deal Collapses as Developed Nations Resist $1.3 Trillion Target
4 months ago

COP29 Climate Finance Deal Collapses as Developed Nations Resist $1.3 Trillion Target

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 24, 2024 17:46 IST - 6 MINS READ In the global climate negotiations that continued at the 29th edition of the Conference of Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan, between November 11 and 22, there was agreement on one issue. So, common sense suggests that developed countries, which are responsible for much of the cumulative carbon emissions that have …

Know All About the Historic Climate Funding Deal at COP29
4 months, 1 week ago

Know All About the Historic Climate Funding Deal at COP29

Deccan Chronicle  

At the COP29 climate talks, negotiators from around the world reached a landmark agreement on a new funding deal to support developing nations in addressing the challenges posed by climate change. This deal is seen as a crucial step in the fight against climate change, particularly as developing countries struggle with extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and other climate-related …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past its deadline, with the adoption of a climate finance …

COP29: $300 billion climate deal pushed through despite stiff opposition
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29: $300 billion climate deal pushed through despite stiff opposition

New Indian Express  

BAKU: The United Nations climate summit in Baku on Sunday concluded amidst high drama with the adoption of a controversial agreement to triple climate finance for developing countries to $300 billion annually by 2035. Chandni Raina, adviser to the Department of Economic Affairs and part of India’s negotiating team, criticised the agreement for failing to address the urgent needs of …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

By HOU LIQIANG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:44 COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past …

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29: UK and China can set a powerful example for global climate cooperation

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-24 21:11 A view during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Amidst rising political tensions, strong bilateral cooperation between the UK and China can provide the international leadership needed to accelerate progress on climate change this decade. Following this meeting, and to support both multilateral …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past its deadline, with the adoption of a climate finance …

COP29: NCQG talks spillover as no breakthrough in agreement yet
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29: NCQG talks spillover as no breakthrough in agreement yet

Hindustan Times  

The new COP29 Presidency’s text will be released on Saturday after developing countries rejected the text on Friday evening. A joint statement by Amar Bhattacharya, Vera Songwe and Nicholas Stern, Co-Chairs of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance had said on Friday, “The text also calls on developed countries to increase their financial support for developing countries to …

COP29 U.N. Summit: Civil society protests against climate finance proposal, calls for 'no deal' over 'bad deal'
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 U.N. Summit: Civil society protests against climate finance proposal, calls for 'no deal' over 'bad deal'

The Hindu  

Civil society members staged a silent march at the U.N. climate summit, condemning the developed nations' proposal to increase annual climate finance to a meagre $250 billion by 2035. With their arms crossed in defiance, protesters walked silently through the summit venue, where chanting is prohibited "We urge you to stand up for the people of the Global South, and …

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal
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4 months, 1 week ago

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal

NPR  

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe Negotiators at a global climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, struck a last-minute deal for wealthy countries to help their poorer neighbors deal with global warming, saving the annual meeting as it verged on collapse. Cedric Schuster, Samoa's minister of natural resources and …

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. The COP29 United Nations climate change negotiations stumbled toward Friday's deadline, with a draft target of climate finance to developing nations falling far short of expectations. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov …

$300-billion-a-year deal for climate cash at U.N. summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
4 months, 1 week ago

$300-billion-a-year deal for climate cash at U.N. summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others

LA Times  

Activists call for more spending to fight climate change on Saturday at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. “It’s a paltry sum,” said Indian negotiator Chandni Raina, drawing rousing cheers as she repeatedly added that India objected to the deal. Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called the deal an “insurance policy for humanity,” adding that, like insurance, “it …

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. The COP29 United Nations climate change negotiations stumbled toward Friday's deadline, with a draft target of climate finance to developing nations falling far short of expectations. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov …

COP29: World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for poor countries after summit nearly implodes
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29: World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for poor countries after summit nearly implodes

CNN  

CNN — The world agreed to a new climate deal at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, with wealthy countries pledging to provide $300 billion annually by 2035 to poorer countries to help them cope with the increasingly catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis — a figure many developing countries criticized as vastly insufficient. “This new finance goal is an insurance …

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops
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4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops

Hindustan Times  

Baku: The COP29 climate summit was extended by a day after developing nations reacted with fury to developed countries’ proposal of $250 billion annual climate finance by 2035, calling it “a slap in the face” and far below their demand of $1.3 trillion, raising fears of a Copenhagen-like deadlock. “The quantum is an eyewash,” said a developing country negotiator, noting …

Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything amid summit in Azerbaijan
4 months, 1 week ago

Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything amid summit in Azerbaijan

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with me, Stuti Mishra, The Independent’s Asia …

COP29: Nations commit to 1.5°C pathway with enhanced climate goals
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29: Nations commit to 1.5°C pathway with enhanced climate goals

India Today  

In a landmark announcement at the COP29 summit in Baku, a coalition of nations representing 30% of global GDP and 15% of greenhouse gas emissions committed to strengthening their Nationally Determined Contributions to align with the 1.5°C global warming threshold. The United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates led the charge with ambitious NDC targets for 2035, signaling their …

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate

China Daily  

The COP29 United Nations climate change conference went into a stalemate on Friday, its scheduled conclusion date, with key concerns from developing countries largely unaddressed. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to establish a post-2025 climate finance commitment from developed nations to developing countries, building on the previous pledge …

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate
4 months, 1 week ago

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate

China Daily  

The COP29 United Nations climate change conference went into a stalemate on Friday, its scheduled conclusion date, with key concerns from developing countries largely unaddressed. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to establish a post-2025 climate finance commitment from developed nations to developing countries, building on the previous pledge …

UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C
4 months, 1 week ago

UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Every country’s next round of nationally determined contributions must contain unambiguous, absolute emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, and align fossil fuel production and consumption plan to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, UN secretary-general António Guterres said on Tuesday at the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This assumes significance, as negotiations for …

Climate action must rise above politics before time runs out
4 months, 1 week ago

Climate action must rise above politics before time runs out

Live Mint  

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku is taking place against a tumultuous geopolitical backdrop. The European Investment Bank Group’s most recent climate survey shows that 94% of Europeans and 88% of Americans support adaptation measures, while around half of respondents say that such measures should be a national priority. Economic growth is decoupling from carbon emissions, owing …

The COP climate talks are at risk of failing – but there is a way to save them
4 months, 1 week ago

The COP climate talks are at risk of failing – but there is a way to save them

The Independent  

The COP29 presidency is accused of striking gas deals in the conference sidelines; vast numbers of world leaders haven’t shown up; and now the UN’s former climate chief says the summit in its current form can’t deliver change at the speed and scale needed for the safety of humanity. With Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev using his opening address at the …

G20 summit begins in Brazil today as UN urges it to do what COP29 may not in Azerbaijan
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4 months, 1 week ago

G20 summit begins in Brazil today as UN urges it to do what COP29 may not in Azerbaijan

Firstpost  

Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit and will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on …

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report

India Today  

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. …

A devastating blow to global climate efforts
4 months, 1 week ago

A devastating blow to global climate efforts

The Hindu  

With the Republicans firmly in control of the U.S. government, a seismic shift in American climate policy is imminent, threatening to unravel years of slow but hard-earned progress in addressing the climate crisis. With president-elect Donald Trump referring to climate change as a “hoax”, the most devastating effect will be a diplomatic retreat in global negotiations, along with a possible …

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit

Hindustan Times  

With just days remaining at the COP29 climate talks in Baku, negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked, with developed and developing nations still far apart on both the scale of funding and its fundamental structure, even as Argentina’s withdrawal from the talks casts a shadow over global climate cooperation. Experts say Harjeet Singh, Climate Activist and Global Engagement Director for …

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade

Live Mint  

Each year, the rotating host of the annual United Nations climate change conference rallies countries to confront global warming—and usually avoids airing grievances against geopolitical rivals or praising fossil fuels. “They are still suffering today in the 21st century from colonial rule," Aliyev said, citing protests that swept the French territories of New Caledonia and Martinique earlier this year. “The …

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
4 months, 2 weeks ago

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering

The Hindu  

This year’s U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight. On Friday, midway through the two-week summit, a group of former leaders, climate experts and scientists published an open letter calling for the COP process to …

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