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Environment
COP29: Climate change could kill millions, world leaders must work to limit deaths
Credit: Pok Rie on Pexels The COP29 climate change conference has concluded, but as usual, it looks like little will happen. The most urgent thing the United Nations can do is point out that “extreme weather events are affecting people around the world.” It is unlikely that a flurry of national policy actions will follow COP29. The results, while not…
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Science
After a disappointing COP29, here’s how to design global climate talks that could actually work
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many people who have been involved in global climate change negotiations for years see the annual United Nations COP climate negotiations as fundamentally flawed. That includes me. The 29th round of talks concluded on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was probably my 25th COP. I have attended these talks in a variety of roles, but primarily…
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