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You're listening to Short Wave from NPR.
Hey, Shortwavers, it's Emily Kwong.
And today we are recapping what's basically the super bowl of climate policy, talking about the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Every year, leaders from countries gather to negotiate collective agreements about climate change, or at least that's the hope.
The 29th one, or COP 29, just wrapped in Azerbaijan, and I hear it was a mess.
Is that fair to say?
It ended up finishing.
Yay.
They did it.
Okay.
Here to tell us all about it are NPR climate reporters Julia Simon, who you just heard.
Hello.
And Alejandra Burunda.
Hello, Emily.
Julia set the scene here.
What was the goal of the summit this year?
This year was really all about the money.