The Failure Poem by David Wood

The promises of COP26
Have all but evaporated.
The latest IPCC* report
States there is a closing
Window of opportunity

To minimise the catastrophic
Consequences of more
Floods, wildfires, droughts
And heatwaves.

Children, now aged 12 or
Younger, are expected to
Experience nearly a four
Fold increase in such events.

COP26 was all blah, blah
Blah with our own government
Festering in their own failures.
What hope is there?

* (IPCC is the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, a
United Nations body for assessing
The science related to climate
Change) .