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How rich nations are setting up COP29 to flop

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President William Ruto shakes hand with President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria during the Launch of Africa Green Industrialization Initiative at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [PCS]

I recently had the opportunity to be in two geographically distant places, facing the same critical challenge: climate breakdown.

I witnessed severe impacts of climate change on communities in Somaliland and later attended high-level UN climate talks in Germany, where negotiators didn't seem to understand the growing urgency of climate change.

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