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John R. Bryson, Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography at the University of Birmingham Business School, argues COP27, and all subsequent editions, will not deliver results – from emissions to plastics bans – without a real shift in perspective.

COP27 begins next week and this year’s host is Egypt, an authoritarian country accused of human rights abuses. Journalist Georgie Hughes considers whether productive talks can take place when the host country has a history of persecuting critics and activists.