What is COP? - The Climate Question, BBC World Service

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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To help get some simple answers to simple questions, Jordan is joined by climate experts:
Dr Mosunda Mumba, Secretary General of the Wetlands Convention
Professor David Victor of Innovation and Public Policy University of California, San Diego, USA
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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