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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/24/the-cop30-mutirao-outcome-was-just-talk-without-truth/feed/ 0 Just transition, finance and equity – that’s how we get COP30 to act on fossil fuels  https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/21/just-transition-finance-and-equity-thats-how-we-get-cop30-to-act-on-fossil-fuels/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/21/just-transition-finance-and-equity-thats-how-we-get-cop30-to-act-on-fossil-fuels/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:15:18 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=79746 If there is no support from developed to developing countries, not only will energy transitions in the Global South not be just - in many cases they will not happen at all

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