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A quick explainer for COP26 — here’s how climate negotiations work and what’s at stake

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I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations. The above photo was taken at COP25 in Madrid, Spain, in 2019.) . These interactions are based on months of prior discussions, policy papers and proposals prepared by groups of states, U.N.

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12 documentaries and series that will give you an up-close look at climate change — and some solutions

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Gore may not have gotten the policy response he wanted, but the film jump-started a national conversation about our role in global warming. . Cooked: Survival by Zip Code , 2019, directed by Judith Helfand. Long-standing inequalities often distort environmental politics and policies in the US.

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