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COP falling apart doesn't mean we're failing to respond to climate: Ian Bremmer

COP falling apart doesn't mean we're failing to respond to climate: Ian Bremmer
COP Falling Apart Doesn't Mean We're Failing to Respond to Climate | GZERO Media

For Ian Bremmer, on the one hand accepting climate science in the age of fake news and disinformation is a huge victory. But on the other hand, in a few days COP26 — the biggest global summit on the most important global issue we all face right now — will probably just kick the can down the road because global leadership has checked out. Still, Bremmer says this is an opportunity for the COP process to be driven in the future by other people different from the current old males that run the show.

Ian Bremmer spoke during the first of a two-part Sustainability Leaders Summit livestream conversation sponsored by Suntory. Watch here.

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