Nepal, Nov. 28 -- With the conclusion of COP30 in Brazil, the message emerging from global negotiations is unmistakable: The world has now slipped past the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold, and the window for meaningful action is rapidly narrowing. Despite urgent warnings from the UN Secretary-General and decades of promises, the global north continues to fall short on its commitments to finance, equity and climate justice even 30 years after the Earth Summit first set a collective direction in this very country. The Paris Agreement is struggling to deliver ambition at the scale and pace required; therefore, calls for a renewed, reimagined form of climate multilateralism shaped by the priorities, realities and leadership of the global south ...