“Ten years ago we had a more orderly path for staying away from 1.5 °C, with low or no #overshoot. Now we have failed,” @jrockstrom tells AP. “Without carbon dioxide removal it is simply impossible to manage the overshoot scenario,” says Ottmar #Edenhofer apnews.com/article/un-cop30-…

The idea that the country that burns more coal than the rest of the world combined was going to fill any climate leadership was/is ludicrous. China has four main objectives at climate talks: a) preserve status as a developing country; b) keep discussion away from its domestic coal; c) seek foreign markets for its home-grown clean-tech; d) torpedo trade initiatives linked to emissions.