In Focus: Climate and Trade Policy at COP29

Katarina Nehrkorn

Date

Dec. 11, 2024

Guest

Katarina Nehrkorn

Producers

Annie M. Tastet and Matt Fleck

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Sean Gallup / Staff via Getty Images

Climate and trade policy was a major point of discussion at the 29th annual Conference of the Parties (COP29). In our latest In Focus video, RFF Senior Research Analyst Katarina Nehrkorn discusses two key topics of conversation at the annual climate conference: the debate over “unilateral trade measures”—climate policies created by rich countries that affect developing countries—and how the incoming Congress may affect international climate policy through trade.

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