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The Climate Treadmill Speeds Up At COP28, But Critics Say It’s Still Not Going Anywhere

The Dubai climate summit showed how fossil fuel companies and their allied politicians captured the UN process. Decades of obstruction have gridlocked efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions from oil, gas and coal.

By Bob Berwyn

A young activist of American indigenous origins, Licypriya Kangujam, is removed by security after she forced herself onto the stage in a protest against fossil fuels extraction during COP28's "Uniting on the Pathway to 2030 and Beyond" session on December 11, 2023 in Dubai. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images
John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, speaks onstage at the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai on Dec. 4. Credit: Mahmoud Khaled /COP28 via Getty Images

The U.S. May Not Have Won Over Critics in Dubai, But the Biden Administration Helped Keep the Process Alive

By Marianne Lavelle

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