A conversation starter: The role of smaller climate events beyond UN COP summits

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With Climate Week NYC on the horizon, regional and city climate events are reclaiming some of the spotlight taken up by annual UN Climate Summits COPs, offering a chance to set the conversation and break new ground, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

For most of its near 30-year history, the annual UN Conference of Parties (COP) summit has led the way when it comes to the conversation around climate action. These multilateral events have delivered...

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