The number of extra deaths that could result from all human-caused emissions in the next 80 years if current policies aren’t reversed is 83 million. Image by Matt Palmer.

The Failure of COP30

Self-Congratulations and Promises to Talk More are No Substitute for Action

Pete Dolack

December 6, 2025

Another climate summit has mercifully ended. As with past summits, nothing of substance happened. The United States did not participate, meaning that the Trump administration technically could not thwart any attempt to block meaningful decision-making, but that was no problem for the Trump gang as Saudi Arabia was there to pick up the ball.

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Pete Dolack has been an activist with several groups, most recently Trade Justice New York Metro. He writes the Systemic Disorder blog and is the author of the books What Do We Need Bosses For?: Toward Economic Democracy and It’s Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment.

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