Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change?

Leaders from astir nan world are gathering to reside nan ambiance crisis.

Azerbaijan is hosting this year’s United Nations COP29 conference with delegates tackling ways to curb world warming.

Scientists pass advancement is not connected way and inaction could origin irreversible harm to our planet.

Funding is besides connected nan agenda. Developing nations request tons of it – up to a trillion dollars – to thief trim nan effect of earthy disasters, made worse by ambiance change.

But immoderate are questioning if nan re-election successful nan United States of Donald Trump, a ambiance alteration sceptic, will alteration plans aliases moreover derail agreements erstwhile he takes agency successful January.

So will authorities play a domiciled astatine this gathering?

Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam

Guests:

Harjeet Singh – world engagement head of nan nonprofit Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, a world run to accelerate a modulation to renewable energy

Nazanine Moshiri – elder expert connected climate, situation and conflict for Africa astatine nan International Crisis Group

Fahad Saeed – ambiance intelligence astatine nan Climate Analytics deliberation vessel and advisor to nan chair of nan slightest developed countries group astatine COP29