Jeansland episode 45 Andrew’s Take on COP30 Belém
05/12/2025
He walks through the entire arc, from COP’s 1992 origins to the Kyoto years, the Copenhagen disaster, the Paris moment of optimism, and the long loop of promises made and ignored. COP30 added its own contradictions: billions pledged for adaptation and forest protection, a strong Amazon backdrop, and the UN declaring “cooperation is alive,” even as the US and UK barely showed up.
Andrew also looks at what was missing: no fossil fuel phase-out, no clarity on who pays for what, and an open runway for polyester production to keep expanding. The numbers are blunt. We are nowhere near the 1.5°C target, and emissions need to fall 43% in the next five years.
A clear, honest and personal walk through the history, the progress, and the uncomfortable truth of a process that keeps sounding like a victory speech delivered by the losing team.
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