COP27: Are countries keeping to their climate pledges?
The big UN global climate conference is being held in Egypt right now, but how have countries done against the promises they made at last year’s event in Glasgow?
Last year at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, countries made big promises to tackle climate change – by curbing their greenhouse gas emissions and reducing deforestation. But as this year’s COP27 continues in Egypt, we ask whether countries are keeping to their word.
Presenters Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson are joined by a host of guests at COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh: The Climate Question’s Jordan Dunbar; Esme Stallard, Â鶹Éç Climate and Science journalist; Joe Curtin, managing director, power and climate at the Rockefeller Foundation; Carlos Nobre, Earth System scientist from National Academy of Sciences, Brazil; Suranjali Tandon, assistant professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi; Dr Frances Colon, former American science diplomat; Jennifer Morgan, German climate envoy; Belinda Margono, Directorate General of Forestry Planning, Indonesian government.
Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com
Presenters: Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson
Researcher: Natasha Fernandes
Producers: Sophie Eastaugh and Georgia Coan
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