COP28 came and went. Result?

Another year, another COP. What will be the results? At this stage more questions than answers.

Was all that air travel by all the delegates and attendees worth is? Much much progress do we need to get out of it just to offset the travel and accommodation, food consumed etc?

Progress should have been measured. I think others have measured progress to date already based on publicly available numbers, see my other post.

If it wasn’t an analogy for real, I’d say the story here was funny but unfortunately it still holds true.

Yes, I know I should not be sad about the lack of progress and focus on the positive that will come out of it, but it’s getting hard.

Discussions on LinkedIn hinged around the question why COP is getting less and less public attention each consecutive year and to me the answer is clear: People reached the understanding that there is a (climate/carbon emission/energy/poverty/economic/social) crisis, but they won’t get help by political leaders. 

NZ’s new Resources Minister and Associate Energy Minister Jones has touted “We are not going to meet the 2030 dreamy fairytale aspirational figures that will be freeing ourselves of fossil fuels as generating energy”.

Unfortunsteky government has finally realised that 2030 is suddenly not that far away any more after years of doing nothing much about carbon emissions and the Paris agreement.
I need to admit that there some reductions, but not enough to meet the target.
And no government likes to make bold decisions as they will face the heat.

Not sure where the positive news are right now.