Some states not acting in good faith on climate, says expert

The international effort to avert climate catastrophe has become mired by misinformation and bad faith actors and must be fundamentally reformed, according to a UN expert.

- Nina Lakhani

Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on climate change, said the UN climate summits and the consensus-based, state-driven process were dominated by powerful forces pushing false narratives and by tech fixes that divert attention from real, equitable solutions for the countries least responsible and most affected.

"The current climate regime was built in a way, maybe unconsciously, that locked in an ineffective approach that is blind to the disproportionate harms of climate change - and increasingly climate solutions - and the disproportionate benefits that the current situation is accruing to very few states and very few individuals," said Morgera, in an exclusive interview with the Guardian.