Yes, there is a lot of greenwashing, but Cop summits are our best chance of averting climate breakdown | Ashish Ghadiali

More than 1,700 fossil fuel lobbyists have been operating in and around Cop29 , outnumbering delegates from the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined.

Many argue that the UN climate process has been entirely hijacked by corporate interests.

Failure at the Cop follows a set of sobering results for climate action at the global ballot box, too.

Given Trump ’s longstanding commitment to climate denial, his second presidency is unquestionably a disaster that will slow the transition just when we need to accelerate it. But it’s also entirely conceivable that, whatever the US does over the next four years , the momentum of a new world order will continue to be fashioned through future Cops in Brazil and Australia , as well as in other forums and that, as the transition continues to gather pace, America ’s abstention will not derail the process but open up a space of new possibility..