Pledges and progress
Rethink
Isn't There a Value in an Annual Cop Summit?
I've come to the conclusion that the cop bonanzas every year, this huge event, isn't doing the job. And I think it would be much better if there were a number of smaller groups which worked throughout the year on the key areas. The real number of problems is fossil fuels and there's never been an agreement at any cop on reducing fossil fuels. We got them to agree to the 1.5 degree in Paris. They didn't want to do that, but we got them to do it. So it's the only democratic space for global governance, for small countries, to take on the big countries.
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