The climate talks in Bonn are in their second day, but there is hardly a peep about the event in the news. Although it is hailed as an important step toward the Paris climate talks, which will be of crucial importance for many years to come, such language is limited to the United Nations behind the talks and a few environmental organizations around the globe. The same was the case with the Geneva climate talks last February. Hardly a peep. The Paris climate talks in December will fare somewhat better, no doubt, but the news will still be dominated by inane events, such as sports or movies. This was the case with the Lima climate talks last December, anyhow. But I am not complaining. All this was perfectly predictable long in advance. Simply put, the human species is not up to the task of saving the planet from itself. It is no less than ludicrous expecting it to be up to it, either. The climate talks in Lima, Geneva, Bonn, and Paris will ultimately achieve nothing worth even mentioning, let alone boasting about. When the shit hits the fan, everything will become perfectly predictable once again. Dramatic climate change will lead to confusion, tumult, and strife. There will be no end to war for a long time. The human species in a nutshell: its intelligence is high enough to fatally damage its natural habitat, but too low to repair the damage. Period.

Addendum (November 24, 2015)

The Paris climate talks will start in a bit less than a week. As luck would have it, the deadly attacks of a bit more than a week ago will overshadow the event. The news will still be dominated by inane events, such as sports or movies. The decision of the French government to forbid any sort of mass gathering during the talks will only dampen the enthusiasm for the mother of all deals. Sooner or later, another city will be added to the long list of cities where the United Nations climate talks have taken place. And then another. The useless show will thus continue for a few more years. In a decade or so, the talks will be abandoned at last. By then, the acrimony will be deafening, but the thunder of war will soon overshadow it. If humans cannot talk sensibly, they can surely fight ferociously.