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COP31 starts Monday. As global temperatures continue to rise, do climate matter?

COP31 - the annual UN negotiations on climate change - starts on Monday. The talks have been going on for decades, during which the planet has gotten hotter. So, do these climate talks really matter?

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Rachel Waldholz
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