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JUNE 9, 2022

As such, it had been widely expected that the next appointment would come from a developing economy in Africa or Asia. Of the five UNFCCC executive secretaries to date three have been from Europe and two from Latin America. The online application form also notes that submissions from women would be especially welcome.

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JUNE 8, 2021

As such, the UK government is said to be working on plans for a new multibillion-pound green development bank that could both directly fund low carbon infrastructure projects across Asia, Africa, and South America, and underwrite private investment. The voice of vulnerable countries is really important at COPs," he explained.

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In truth, since the full scale of Covid-19's impact on Europe, East Asia and North America started becoming clear, the decision to postpone this year's United Nations climate change summit into next year has only been a matter of time. But they will be back as soon as Covid-19 allows and COP replacement dates start being bandied around.

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Speaking at an event in Milan this month, Thunberg spoke for many when she alleged that COPs have delivered little more than a talking shop since the first Earth Summit in 1992. Of course we need constructive dialogue, but they have now had 30 years of blah blah blah. Will enough people turn up to say it's a legitimate COP?

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