COP's Cassandra curse is failing to inspire action

Relentless pursuit of ever-larger pledges has driven the UN climate conference to idealistic zeal

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Delegates speak during the COP29 climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 23. © Reuters

Yuriy Humber is founder of Japan NRG, an information service on the Japanese energy market, and president of investment research company Yuri Group.

If thousands of delegates gather for a global climate summit but fail to agree on anything meaningful, does it matter that it happened at all?

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