COP 27 WORRIES IN CLIMATE SCIENCE: HERE'S WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS: CLIMATE SCIENTISTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT {LOSS AND DAMAGE MUST BE AT THE HEART OF COP27} TRANSLATION: "WE HAVE TO RATCHET UP THE FEAR MONGERING TO SELL THE CLIMATE ACTION THAT WE HAD THOUGHT COULD BE SOLD WITH THE WORD SCIENCE. WHAT THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE SAYS LOSS AND DAMAGE MUST BE AT THE HEART OF COP27 TALKS, EXPERTS. TALKS COULD FAIL BEFORE THEY BEGIN {JUST AS THEY HAD IN THE PREVIOUS 26 COPS ALL OF WHICH HAVE FAILED}. COP27 COULD FAIL BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS IF COUNTRIES DO NOT AGREE TO PUT THE LOSS AND DAMAGE EXPERIENCED BY THE POOREST COUNTRIES AT THE HEART OF THE TALKS. TRANSLATION: SADLY THERE ISN'T MUCH WE CAN FIND IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES THAT WE CAN SELL AS THE CLIMATE SINS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SO WE HAVE TO FIND PITIFUL THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES AND SEE IF THAT PITY SELLS OUR CLIMATE ACTION AGENDA FOR WHICH WE CAN OFFER NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT. POSTSCRIPT: BUT WHAT THE HECK. THERE'S ALWAYS COP28 AND IF NOT THEN COP29, AND COP30 AND ON AND ON WE GO. THAT'S THE SCIENCE OF IT ANYWAY.