United Nations climate change conference
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — As world leaders assemble for the United Nations climate change conference (COP27) in Egypt, it’s hard to be optimistic the talks will generate any radical departure from the inexorable rise in global carbon emissions over the past two centuries.
After all, before last year’s...

![Climate activist Vanessa Nakate, of Uganda, is joined by others to protest against Germany's Olaf Scholz's climate policy at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt where inaction is illuminating how we're condemning today’s children to life on a hostile planet. [AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty] Climate activist Vanessa Nakate, of Uganda with others at cop27](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/climate_change_5_web.jpg?itok=Irb0WA6a)