Ten years after the Paris agreement was adopted, world leaders left the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, with an outcome that kept the process alive but does little to stave off the perils of global warming. Many scientists walked away dismayed and disappointed. Despite years of commitments and research that have laid the groundwork for action, the climate summit of achieved 'essentially nothing', says Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. But, there were some signs of hope that multilateralism can tackle climate change. Over the course of two weeks, representatives from nearly 200 governments worked through hot days, long nights, a fire in the venue and numerous protests ' including by Indigenous groups and others fighting for the protection of the Amazon and other tropical forests. In the end, governments agreed to a package of measures that pushes forward discussions on financial aid and a new 'just...
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