At the annual UN climate conference, leaders are adopting a new strategy to encourage climate action by highlighting its economic benefits. This shift in messaging is being echoed across plenary stages and hallways as organizers seek to re-engage governments.
Many nations are currently preoccupied with various crises, which has caused global warming to slip down their list of priorities. By linking climate initiatives to economic stability and growth, organizers hope to capture the attention of policymakers who are otherwise distracted by competing global challenges.