What Did They Expect?

Cop27 has essentially resulted in no progress on the fundamental challenge of agreeing more rapid cuts to 'greenhouse gas' emissions. Keeping '1.5 alive' is not an option (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/cop27-agrees-to-historic-loss-and-damage-fund-to-compensate-developing-countries-for-climate-impacts). Such a lack of progress is hardly remarkable, as many of the represented countries have vested interests in maintaining the extraction (and burning of 'their' coal, oil and gas). Cop meetings require unanimous agreements, so mandatory reductions in the use of fossil fuels, were never likely to happen. One also has to remember that petrochemical companies (and other 'greenhouse gas' speciual agents) send numerous 'delegates' to Cop meetings. These petrochemical companies also use tiny fractions of their enormous profits, to 'buy' preferred treament from politicians and others. Reports that a 'Loss and Damage Fund' (where developed nations 'might' help poorer countries heavily impacted by climate change) has been agreed, is treated as a 'win'. Even this agreement, however, leaves bags of scope for reneging by industrialised countries. Industrialised nations have found excuses in the past and will find them again!