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Challenges and Breakthroughs in COP Meetings
This chapter explores the recent COP meetings focused on environmental conservation, highlighting a key breakthrough regarding a global levy from genetic data in Colombia. Despite this progress, the discussions reveal disappointments in biodiversity goals and set a cautious tone for the upcoming COP29 in Azerbaijan, a country with a troubled environmental reputation. The chapter also addresses the complexities of climate finance and the geopolitical challenges influencing climate negotiations amidst uncertainties in US political leadership.
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