Brynne Mary Merkley

Victoria Cuming, Head of Global Policy at BloombergNEF, and Brynne Mary Merkley, Energy Transitions Associate, delve into the critical countdown to COP30. They discuss how fewer than a third of countries have submitted their 2035 climate pledges and the implications of the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. The conversation highlights China's new absolute emissions target and Brazil's push for a global carbon market. They also examine the balance of ambition versus reality, exploring the potential for COP30 to reignite climate action amidst geopolitical challenges.