Dec 20 2019 33 mins 10
In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the state of climate change diplomacy after the COP25 conference in Madrid, and why progress is so difficult to achieve despite widespread popular mobilizations calling for urgent action on climate change. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you’ve read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: Why U.N. Climate Talks in Madrid Were a Massive Failure The Caribbean Shifts to a Regional Approach in Adapting to Climate Change The Paris Climate Agreement Needs a Bigger Piggy Bank Why Boris Johnson’s Election Victory Could Create More Instability for the U.K. How ‘Sanctions Overreach’ Could Undermine the U.S. Dollar’s Dominance Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at [email protected].
