COP30: The Age of Irrationality in Climate Policy By Pedro Barata Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/cop30-the-age-of-irrationality-in-climate-policy/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Belms_Hunger_Poverty_Declaration_Places_Worlds_Most_Vulnerable_Populations_at_Centre_of_Global_Clima LISBON, Portugal, Nov 11 2025 (IPS) - I have been working on climate policy since the late 1990s. I was in the room when Europe’s early carbon market discussions were shaping the architecture that would eventually underpin the Kyoto Protocol. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.