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As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet

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U-turn on US climate policy could be disastrous for the planet, as it raises the risk of emulation.

Negotiators will ramp down their expectations in terms of what’s possible at the talks, an expert says.

The COP29 climate talks were already shaping up to be lackluster.

At the end of this year , the world will be at the mid-point of what science shows is a crucial decade for turning the tide on climate change.

Fossil fuel pollution must be halved over that 10-year period to have any hope of avoiding crashing through the 1.5-degree warming threshold.

The world is already 1.3 degrees warmer than it was before humans started burning fossil fuels at an industrial scale.