Make COP30 the Last COP

If there was ever a sign from the heavens that the annual climate circus known as the Conference of the Parties - or COP, for those who, like COP attendees, prefer acronyms over substance - has outlived its usefulness, it stormed into reality during COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

This year’s edition, held in a badly run city in the heart of the Amazon jungle, …