COP29 and climate progress in a volatile age with Stephen Minas

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With just days until the US presidential election and the COP29 climate conference, the global response to climate change hangs in the balance. Rocked by pandemic, war and a cost-of-living crisis, the commitment of countries and citizens to ambitious climate policy is being tested as never before. But the climate crisis has not gone away.

In this episode, Stephen Minas, author of the FEPS Primer ‘Climate Progress in the EU and the World’, and Thomas Fröhlich, FEPS Policy Analyst on Climate, discuss international climate politics, what actually happens at COP and what to expect from COP29.

They also consider the unique capacity of progressives to shape a climate politics of ambition, justice and solidarity, including through delivering a ‘just transition’. The need for better communication of climate policy, the opportunities of climate action and reasons for hope amid crisis are also discussed.