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Putting COP-season into perspective

With COP-season upon us once again, this Update offers a brief guide to this year’s spectacle. In short, with the incentives for countries to act in their self-interests as strong as ever, the prospect of an effective global agreement to tackle the ultimate collective action problem is as elusive as ever.

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