{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/692440fc8c77a9db922f33c8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Emission creep: a contentious COP closes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1763982347991-d0c8b227-8569-44d7-84c8-ddf4c4b012fd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It is telling and troubling that the annual climate talking-shop’s <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/international/2025/11/22/cop30-ends-with-a-whimper?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">outcome</a> did not even mention fossil fuels. We ask whether the COP process is still fit for purpose. Cryptocurrencies could be heading for an <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/18/crypto-got-everything-it-wanted-now-its-sinking?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">almighty fall</a>: what would they take down with them? And the revealing vowels and diphthongs of <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/11/12/sperm-whales-communicate-with-vowels?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">whale communications</a>. (Hear much more on animal communication in our series on “Babbage”: <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/02/12/do-animals-have-language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">part 1</a> asks whether animals truly have language, and <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/02/19/could-ai-translate-animal-communication\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">part 2</a> whether AI could translate it.)&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Additional audio courtesy of </em><a href=\"https://www.projectceti.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Project CETI</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Get a world of insights by </em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribing to Economist Podcasts+</em></a><em>. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}