Governments’ Greenwashing and the Meaning of the “Fossil of the Day” Awards

An important, yet somewhat controversial international summit, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – commonly known as COP27 – is currently taking place in Egypt (6–18 November 2022). The first COP meeting was held in Germany in 1995 and the series of subsequent meetings has been crucial in addressing the issue of global warming but also controversial in terms of the credibility of many countries’ unfulfilled climate pledges.