COP 27: a summit of words or deeds?

Floods in Pakistan, fires in California, Gironde, heat wave, drought… Climate disasters are intensifying. However, for 25 years, the COPs have aimed to fight against climate change. In 1997, the Kyoto protocol was signed by 38 industrialized countries which agreed to reduce their CO2 emissions. It was then a first. At COP 21 in Paris, 195 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century, but seven years later, the planet is heading for a 2.8°C rise at the end of the century. horizon 2100.

So are COPs useful? “No country can claim to fight against global warming on its own, so come what may, we need to pool our efforts, to have common mechanisms (…)”explains François Gemenne, researcher and co-author of the latest IPCC report. Critics of the COP denounce the non-binding nature of the decisions taken during the summits or the commitments not respected, such as the aid to developing countries announced in 2009.