The COP29 climate change conference has come to a close — as per normal it looks like very little will be done.
The most urgency that the United Nations can muster is pointing out that “extreme weather events [are] affecting people around the globe.” There is unlikely to be a flurry of national policy action in the wake of COP29. Its achievements, while not insubstantial, are unlikely to move the needle in any significant way.
