Dooming COP 27, Part III: Lines in the Sand

Asking England and the US to pay for the environmental damage of the Industrial Revolution is like Latin America asking Spain for reparations for 1492.

At the climate week coinciding with the reopening of the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry of Egypt used his 3 minutes at the podium to urge wealthy countries to make good on old commitments. He had a valid point when it…