As COP30 opens, the time is right to focus on adaptation rather than killing fossil fuels

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Now that Prime Minister Mark Carney has released his first Liberal budget, attention will soon turn to climate change. On Thursday, the 30th Congress of the 195 Parties (COP30) that signed the United Nations’ 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change will open in the Brazilian city of Belém.

Officials in Brazil have confirmed that Carney will attend the 11-day congress, which is taking place in a changing political environment that could transform global climate policy. Nobody is ready to predict the outcome, but there is reason to believe that a shift in focus away from global catastrophism is on the agenda.

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