In an ideal world, aa coordinated carbon tax would be very hopeful. I can't really certainly isn't going to happen in glasgow. This question transfer of funds to developing countries has been built into the whole u lectrocal se. As we move to the implementation of these great climate ambitions, we're going to get many, many issues like this where trade interests and economic interests collide with climate interests. And that's going to take a lot of working out. To be honest, i don't think there are any easy solutions in any of this ashat and we're quickly running at a time.
With the devastating effects of the climate emergency becoming more urgent by the day, the COP26 summit in Glasgow now represents a pivotal moment in global cooperation on the issue. Can anything meaningful be achieved without collaboration from the big players such as China, the US and the EU? Economist Linda Yueh is joined by journalist and environment specialist Isabel Hilton of China Dialogue plus Bloomberg News climate and energy reporter Akshat Rathi to answer this and get a primer on the big debates ahead.
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