(Jacob Nordangård, PhD) As usual around this time of the year, it is time for the United Nations Climate Summit. About 50 000 conference attendees have flown to Belém in Brazil from all over the world to discuss how "to accelerate and expand climate action" at COP 30.

Despite the huge spikes in emissions that the transportation and accommodation of all participants will produce, the event is planned to be "carbon-neutral" by "offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions", probably to the delight of the carbon credit scam industry.1