Remind me again, what is Cop30?
It’s the annual global climate summit, called Cop because it’s the Conference of the Parties, the parties being the 197 countries that signed up to the United Nations climate convention. It’s the 30th annual summit.
What’s the convention about?
Keeping greenhouse gas emissions at a safe level – one that doesn’t cause the global heating that melts the ice sheets, makes sea levels rise and drives extreme weather.
How are countries supposed to do that?
Three main ways:
1. Stopping the use of fossil fuels – the oil, gas and coal that produce the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
2.
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