The annual climate COP has ended for another year. As delegates left, the COP venue was already being taken down and the city of Belem on the banks of the mighty Amazon was starting to return to normal. COP quickly receded from news headlines as a lacklustre outcome was communicated without much enthusiasm. There was no commitment in the final text to phase out fossil fuels (the primary cause of climate change) and no roadmap to end deforestation; two key objectives of the Brazilian presidency. Expectations had been managed. Although this was an important COP, 10 years on from the…

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