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Isabela del Alcázar, Chief Purpose and Sustainability Officer, IE University

FOUND: Climate entropy reflections on the ground from cop29 - What They Never Told You

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If I had to sum up COP29 in a single word, it would be entropy. Borrowed from thermodynamics, this concept describes the delicate balance between order and disorder, a principle that governs both natural and human systems. An ecosystem, much like the climate negotiations, is not static; it is constantly evolving, adapting and reconfiguring itself.

In a curiously organic way, a COP also works like this, as a chaotic yet seamless gathering of voices, interests and perspectives.

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