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Podcast: Asia Matters Podcast
Episode: Good COP? China, Asia and Climate Change
Description: This week we take stock of COP26, the latest major international meeting on climate change which just wrapped up in Glasgow - billed beforehand as the "last best hope for the world to get its act together". Asia, of course, is crucial to the debate over climate change. It’s home to some of the world’s biggest polluters, but also some of its fastest-growing economies, that are at the forefront of the world’s shift to cleaner energy.The 197 countries involved in COP26 did at least agree on rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Â