THE BIG COP-OUT OP-ED: Our skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties

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It is safe to say that all COPs since COP21 in Paris in 2015 have ended in global disappointment and despair. Expecting COP27 to be any different from all the preceding ones is to continue to give credence to the COPs as currently structured.

by Jeff Rudin, Daily MaverickOur skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties by Jeff Rudin, Daily Maverick August 14, 2022 With the 27th meeting of the UN’s Conference of the Parties – otherwise known as COP – now only months away, it is pertinent to ask: Who benefits from these annual gatherings of world leaders who each year regather to renew their repeated pledges to tackle climate change? Blah, blah, blah was Greta Thunberg’s pithy comment on last...

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