UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts

COP29 talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of U.S. climate skeptic Donald Trump stealing the limelight.
UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts
Former senior UN officials say climate talks ‘simply cannot deliver the change’ at the pace we need in open letter
COP talks no longer fit for purpose, say climate leaders
STORY: Climate leaders and experts called for the annual U.N. COP climate talks to be reformed…Branding the event no longer fit for purpose. The group, including ex-U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, published a critical open letter on Friday (November 15) mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.
COP climate talks not fit for purpose and need reform, say climate leaders
A group of former leaders and climate experts said the annual U.N. COP climate talks were no longer fit for purpose and needed to be reformed, publishing a critical open letter mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.
UN told current Cop is no longer fit to deliver climate change
Open letter, signed by former president Mary Robinson, among others, says attendance of fossil fuel lobbyists presents a 'systemic imbalance in Cop representation' and calls for 'strict eligibility cr
Cop climate summits ‘not fit for purpose’, say UN chiefs
The United Nations’ Conference of Parties (Cop) climate summits are “no longer fit for purpose” and require an urgent overhaul, climate experts and former UN chiefs have said.

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