Climate action in a fractured world: Is there a will 'to cooperate in a world full of conflict'?

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As leaders gather for the UN climate summit in Brazil this month, three decades after the world's first annual climate conference, the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story. Despite years of negotiations, pledges, and summits, greenhouse gas emissions have climbed by a third since that first meeting; fossil fuel consumption continues to rise; and global temperatures are on track to breach thresholds scientists say will unleash catastrophic damage to the planet. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Oliver Farry welcomes Anabella Rosemberg, Senior Advisor on Just Transition at Climate Action Network International (CAN-I).