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How climate negotiators turn national self-interest into global collective action

  • Written by Asif Husain-Naviatti, Visiting Fellow in International Climate Governance, Columbia University
imageU.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry, second from left, during climate negotiations in 2021.Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Global heat has seared to new extremes in recent months, and devastating climate disasters are providing powerful reminders of the costs of climate change, as governments around the world prepare for the 2023 United Nations climate...

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