The climate summit begins today, in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, but many leaders will not attend the meeting.
With some European leaders boycotting the COP 29 summit, opening in Baku today days after the re-election of Donald Trump as US president, who has compared climate change to a hoax, Radio Schuman talked with Euronews science reporter Jeremy Wilks about the prospects for the conference.
With thousands of leaders, diplomats, climate experts, NGOs and journalists beating a path to the United Nations Climate talks in the Azeri capital, is there a real chance of success in their mission to hash out a new financial plan to develop clean energy and overcome the repercussions of extreme weather?
We also take a quick look at the agenda today, with the European Parliament set to decide the fate of one nominee for the European Commission who’s candidature has still not met with their approval – guess who?
On the last part of the show, Radio Schuman look at the 2024 top travel destinations according to a travel agency.
Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Eleonora Vasques, audio editing by Zacharia Vigneron and Georgios Leivaditis. Music by Alexandre Jas.
