Montreal 's 'Pudding'

Hooray, the world is saved! A 'historic' deal has been struck at Cop15, protecting a third of the planet and halting biodiversity loss by 2030 (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/19/cop15-historic-deal-signed-to-halt-biodiversity-loss-by-2030-aoe). It has been claimed the meeting's Chinese president 'strongarmed' 200 delegates to sign up for the biodiversity protections. The meeting itself had been moved to Montreal from China, because of the Covid19 pandemic. In spite of China's zoonosis, the president's own country is on the verge of relaxing its embargo on 'farming' wild mammals by its rural communities (how committed to saving biodiversity is China?). Predictably, the US and the Vatican failed to sign up, both perhaps relying on 'god' for planetary salvation. It's amazing how many international agreements (e.g. cluster bomb bans, crimes against humanity etc) the US doesn't sign up for! At least three African countries (Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda) also claimed they had never fully approved the deal and hadn't really signed. Sadly, pledges, at such meetings, rarely mean a great deal. Actually achieving viable protections, will often cost countries. They may have to give up 'nice little earners'. Actions are likely to impact on the life-styles of indigenous groups and folk who are barely subsisting. Both these consequences will lose politicians votes, as well as costing more money to effectively 'police' (and sometimes punish) people's behaviour. It's always easier to pledge, than to do, especially when the outcomes are well into the future. As they say, 'the proof of the pudding, is in the eating'. Cop15's 'pudding' seems based on a dodgy recipe.