‘Remember, remember the month of November’: Ahead of COP29

‘Remember, remember the month of November’: Ahead of COP29 Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds, Richard Beardsworth, looks with concern to this November’s COP29 and the US elections. The issue is climate leadership. The next UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, COP29, begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11th, six days after the U.S. general election. The conjuncture of these two dates is of critical importance for the future of climate action and the future of climate leadership driving it. This article rehearses what is at stake ahead of COP29 and where climate leadership stands in relation to it. Whatever the final plot, November is a month to be remembered.