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Over the last few years, the flow of bad news has felt relentless. And towards the end of 2023, we were reminded by events at the latest UN climate conference in Dubai that global efforts to overcome the worst effects of climate change are progressing much slower than the pace of global warming.
But that's no reason to sigh and abandon all hope just yet. Because there was a genuine breakthrough at that COP28 meeting. For the first time, countries agreed