It's the world's biggest and most controversial climate conference. But what is a COP and how do they work? Jordan Dunbar investigates.
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Adil Najim, Professor of International Relations and Environment at Boston University's Pardee school in the United States.
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0:00 Introduction
0:34 What is COP?
0:45 The world's first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 1992
2:00 How the IPCC was created
3:00 The start of COP
3:45 Who organises COPs
4:10 How countries make pledges at COP
5:40 What's it like at a COP?
6:25 Who will be at COP28 in Dubai?
11:50 How to measure progress
12:28 Why should we care about what happens at COP?
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