UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more

> That sounds nice, but I think our leaders are corrupt hypocritical scum - it doesn't stop them getting stuff done when those who matter want it. A good rule to understand what's going on is to look at their actions and ignore their words. Their actions--both in their personal life and the policy they implement--suggest they don't care about the environment but do care about corporate profit and increasing their own power. It's that simple. This is why the hypocrisy matters because if you really believe in a cause, it tends to have observable results in their actions. To rise to these kind of positions, you optimize for wealth, influence, social standing, power, etc. None of that matches their feigned concern. So why are they lying and putting on the public show? Is it more reasonable to conclude that these people really believe and somehow made it to the top of institutions that are made up of people and culture focus and reward endlessly increasing growth, power, and wealth, or does it seem more likely that these are just power-hungry opportunists who will say whatever they think will give them more power? This is the exact same principle of the stupidity of corporations on social issue. Nike really is a great company that cares about equality--which is why they also love abusive child labor sweatshops and human slavery. It's hilarious really, but lots of dumb people apparently can't see through the show. > If we had hypocrites who somehow wished to do the right thing about climate change, I think they technically could get stuff done. They could probably get at least some tiny amount done theoretically, but the whole scenario falls apart with a reasonable amount of thought. They'd also be far less effective than a non-hypocrite, all other factors equal, for the social leadership reasons. And who are these hypocrite leaders that truly believe but simultaneously do nothing about it? I'd like names. I'm not aware of any. We need to shun hypocrities and phonies, not just ignore their bad behavior because it happens to pander to us and the other "side" is ignoring our pleas. Covering up bad behavior from fake allies doesn't help in the long run. It makes no sense. What would happen to a church led by a [pastor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Haggard) who preaches against gays but turns uses male hookers and smokes meth? Most people wouldn't just follow orders and accept the official story. It would create chaos. They'd drop out and it would impact recruitment. For any extended project, it would definitely compromise success. People want to follow orders from a real, genuine, committed leader--not a hypocrite. But of course we're being quite hypothetical here because I bet most of the Davos crowd isn't really worried or believe in it. Their personal actions, investments, and policies suggest that they're not just hypocrites but rather power-hungry egoists finding a channel to increase their own standing.