Climate Politics

Al Gore Wants to Weaken Petrostates’ Power Over Global Climate Decisions

The United Nations needs a better way to run the annual COP summits, said the former US vice president.

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By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

December 5, 2023 at 1:44 PM UTC

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Former Vice President Al Gore said the annual United Nations COP climate summits need to be reformed so that petrostates don’t wield so much power over the final outcome.