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In this episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Rachel Cleetus, policy director of the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Cleetus is an expert on the process used by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, and has been attending international climate negotiations since 2009. As this podcast episode airs, we are two days into this year\u2019s negotiations in Glasgow, at the meeting known as COP26. \n\nCleetus joins Resources Radio as the first guest in a three-part COP-focused podcast series; she\u2019ll help set the stage for what we can expect out of COP26 over the next two weeks, including the issues under discussion, where progress this year is particularly critical, and how US action\u2014or lack thereof\u2014will affect the dialogue in this pivotal year for international climate negotiations.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cOn Being\u201d podcast episode, \u201cOur future is still in our hands,\u201d with guest Katharine Hayhoe; https://onbeing.org/programs/katharine-hayhoe-our-future-is-still-in-our-hands/\n\n\u201cAll We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis\u201d edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson; https://www.allwecansave.earth/anthology