<p>Negotiations at the annual global climate change conference, or COP, are in full swing. But with consensus on the issue collapsing at home and abroad, including the US withdrawing from the landmark Paris agreement, is there even any point in the summit? We ask the UK’s special representative for climate.</p><br><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today:</em><a href="http://thetimes.co.uk/thestory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em> http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><br><p><strong>Guest:&nbsp;</strong>Professor Rachel Kyte, UK special representative for climate.</p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Producers:</strong>&nbsp;Harry Stott, Olivia Case.</p><p><strong>Read more: </strong><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/ed-miliband-cop30-2025-brazil-belem-rs7x93vhd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ed Miliband: Cop30 will prove net zero doubters wrong</a></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href="https://pod.fo/e/327cc8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Have we stopped caring about climate change?</a></p><p><strong>Clips:&nbsp;</strong>United Nations / YouTube, TRT World, DW News / YouTube, Yahoo / YouTube, ITV, SABC News, News X World.</p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Getty Images.</p><p><strong>Get in touch: </strong>[email protected]</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism&nbsp;subscribe&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>