Politics

Opinion: Max Boykoff: We must work through discomfort to make significant progress on climate

After more than thirty years of international climate policy pursuits, at COP29 we still see largely weak, under-resourced and poorly coordinated governance mechanisms that fail to operate at the scale and significance that is warranted. Yet climate finance and loss and damage offer hope to tangibly help vulnerable communities and countries adequately address the effects of climate change. These financial considerations are reparations considerations and ethical/moral considerations. We must work through discomfort to make significant, positive and sustained change while we have the chance.

After more than thirty years of international climate policy pursuits, at COP29 we still see largely weak, under-resourced and poorly coordinated governance mechanisms that fail to operate at the scale and significance that is warranted. Yet climate finance and loss and damage offer hope to tangibly help vulnerable communities and countries adequately address the effects of climate change. These financial considerations are reparations considerations and ethical/moral considerations.

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