COPs need a science track – not a seven-year science lag

In The News by Matti Goldberg
December 5, 2025

COPs need a science track – not a seven-year science lag

experts sit on a panel at COP29. a screen behind them says "impacts of growing wildfire-related emissions on the global carbon nudget, the +1.5 limit, and the next NDCs"

At COP30 in Belem, negotiators have again been asked to shape the planet’s future using climate science that does not reflect latest high-quality research. The problem is not the evidence itself. It is the way we organise it for global climate diplomacy.