[alancalverd]

I have said many things that were not particularly relevant to one another, and your juxtaposing two of them is about as inquisitive as comparing my tax return (black on white) with the color of my office wallpaper (mostly green, but deductible- maybe you have a point!)

The value of the models is, among other things, that they can persuade people to believe they should act.

still lacks evidence of any effect arising from the presumed cause. Apart, possibly, from inducing idiots to throw soup at paintings or glue themselves to the road.

Greenwash is a good marketing ploy ("green" is the new "new") but according to pretty well everyone who has measured it, both T and pCO2 have increased fairly continuously since Arrhenius published his model.

[Bored chemist]

still lacks evidence of any effect arising from the presumed cause.

Do you really not know anyone who has done anything to reduce their carbon footprint because they are concerned about global warming?

[alancalverd]

Not to any measurable effect. My neighbor scrapped a perfectly good car which emitted a bit of CO2 wherever she went, and bought an electric car made from new steel and plastic (including recycled cars) with the expenditure of lots of CO2, which runs on CO2 emitted from a power station a hundred miles away. 

I know that as a result of COP, a lot of people are claiming financial compensation for a natural and inevitable process, but God is not known for answering prayers, let alone paying hard cash because His Creation doesn't suit everyone.

But I asked you the direct question: what effect did Rishi Sunak's trip to Cairo have on your behavior?