The Download: COP31’s climate challenge and the quest for immortality
What to know about this year’s UN climate talks Thousands of delegates, lobbyists, and journalists have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, the annual UN climate talks.
Key points
- Expect a lot of back and forth on fossil fuels and climate finance, and whether negotiators can agree on meaningful action.
- Energy prices are soaring, and there are big questions about how countries will tackle the climate crisis.
- —Casey Crownhart This story is from The Spark, our weekly climate tech newsletter.
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- (Gizmodo) Quote of the day “I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet, and I absolutely believe Palantir—all of our products—are essentially progressive.” —Alex Karp, Palantir’s CEO, tells Politico that he’s a devoted Democrat despite recently backing Trump.
- One more thing How Chinese short dramas became AI content machines China’s short drama industry is fueled by bite-sized, melodramatic, and smutty shows built for smartphone scrolling.
- But this year’s negotiations are taking place against a particularly tense geopolitical backdrop, as the world falls further behind the Paris Agreement’s goals.
- (MIT Technology Review) 4 Anduril says its satellite can track spacecraft in orbital night It uses an infrared sensor to detect hidden satellites.
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