COP Out
Conference Of the Parties being fossil fuelled
Might be better known, to meet its function,
As COP, that’s Continue Oil Production.
Significant change will be overruled
To favour those whose intent is to foil
Advocates who would convince the meeting
Of perils of global over-heating
From continued use of coal, gas and oil.
Delegates jet in for a jamboree,
To be feted by lobbyists who insist
Temperature targets can be safely missed
A while yet; it’s all a matter of degree.
Certainly, emissions might be reduced,
Just as long as profits are still produced.
D. A.