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What went wrong at COP29?
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What went wrong at COP29?

Julia Levin of Environmental Defence Canada discusses the squandered progress at the annual climate summit held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The consensus on COP29 is that it was a flop.

Delegates to the annual climate summit, held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan, reached an agreement to provide $300 billion (USD) in financing to transition developing countries off of fossil fuels by 2025, a target which climate campaigners say barely scratches the surface of what’s needed.

There’s also been s…

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