This year, leaders from all over the world met in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29. Every year, these conferences promise big changes to fight climate change, but history shows us that they often end with more talk than action. As rich countries in the Global North spoke about their ambitious plans for a green future, developing nations in the Global South prepared for disappointment yet again.

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