The Boy Patriarch, 34th Day of Hagwinter, 525 M.E. (Castor): After two weeks of negotiating in Brazil and in the implacable face of opposition from oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia, its allies, and Russia, the best the other 80 COP30 representative countries could manage was a "voluntary agreement" to "begin discussions" on "a roadmap" to an "eventual" phase-out of fossil fuels.

The talks were hauled back from the brink of collapse in an all-night session on Friday that lasted into Saturday morning. It was a tiny baby-step toward the end of the fossil fuel era, but not nearly enough to avoid the ravages of climate breakdown.

tl/dr: We're doomed.