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UN's 'global stocktake' on climate is offering a sober emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress

  • Written by Kate Hua-Ke Chi, Junior Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageFossil fuel emissions are still growing in much of the world. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

When this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in late November 2023, it will be a moment for course correction. Seven years ago, nearly every country worldwide signed onto the Paris climate agreement. They agreed to goals of limiting...

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