NEW YORK, Apr 01 (IPS) – With uncertainties over face-to-face meetings resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors consider the case for postponing the Climate Summit in Glasgow again and ask how, if it does proceed, we can improve its chances of success?Among the COVID-19 pandemic’s many damaging impacts, could a halt to international progress on environmental issues be added to the list?
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