Global climate leaders will be faced with monumental challenges when they gather this month in Egypt. Global commitments to cut emissions haven’t come nearly close enough to limit warming; a fight over compensating poor countries for climate damage is raging, and young climate activists like Greta Thunberg are calling the entire COP effort meaningless “greenwashing.”

Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson gets a preview of what to expect in the weeks ahead with Alden Meyer, senior associate at climate change think tank E3G.

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