Forbes November 8, 2024
Tim Clark

Pulling the international community together to address global climate issues is a Herculean task. Thankfully, the United Nations Climate Change Conference has been a continuous consortium of the brightest minds working together to create actionable steps toward building a greener and cleaner future.

Now in its 29th year (hence, COP29) and taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11-22, this year’s event is being positioned as a “stand-and-deliver COP,” according to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, who spoke at a recent Brookings Institute event.

According to Stiell, humanity can’t afford a world of “clean energy haves and have-nots” and that’s why trillions more are needed to turn around this losing proposition.

“Doing so is a crucial investment to...

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