Why COP27 matters for the climate, but maybe not as much as the hype suggests
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#65F8Y)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 on November 1, 2021, in Glasgow, United Kingdom. | Photo by Yves Herman - WPA Pool / Getty Images More than 30,000 people representing governments, businesses, and environmental and human rights groups around the world are expected to gather next week to talk shop on climate change. The occasion is the United Nations' annual climate summit, called the 27th Conference of the Parties, or COP27, which is scheduled to take place from November 6th through 18th.
Every year, the conference is billed as an opportunity for the world to come together to tackle the climate crisis. World leaders sometimes make new commitments to curb their country's greenhouse gas emissions or pen agreements with other heads of state to transition to clean energy and funnel money into building a more resilient world. More often, advocates walk away disappointed...