The world ahead: Small COP, big COP
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On the eve of the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, we ask what delegates hope to achieve. Also, how can online games help in the fight against fake news? And host Tom Standage interviews an artificial intelligence called GPT-2 about its views on the big themes of 2020.  Music by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC by 4.0)   “The World in 2020”, our future-gazing annual, is now available at shop.economist.com.    Please complete our survey at www.economist.com/podsurvey For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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