Key climate experts and leaders, including former UN chief Ban Ki-moon and climate scientist Johan Rockström, believe the annual Conferences of the Parties (COP) summits need an overhaul. They've said that these talks are "no longer fit for purpose."
The climate-watchers have written an open letter to the UN seeking more transparency and more restrictions on fossil fuel lobbying, insisting that host nations must back phasing out fossil fuels. The letter said the summit's “current structure simply cannot deliver.”