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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says

a man speaks into a microphone
‘We need economists to rally,’ said André Corrêa do Lago as Brazil prepares to host this year’s UN climate summit in November. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA

The world is facing a new form of climate denial – not the dismissal of climate science, but a concerted attack on the idea that the economy can be reorganised to fight the crisis, the president of global climate talks has warned.

André Corrêa do Lago, the veteran Brazilian diplomat who will direct this year’s UN summit, Cop30, believes his biggest job will be to counter the attempt from some vested interests to prevent climate policies aimed at shifting the global economy to a low-carbon footing.

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