Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change

International climate change summits are now widely monitored events, attended by state leaders and crowded with journalists, yet somehow they have never been less productive. In Fools Rule, investigative journalist William Marsden illustrates the failures of political talks on climate change. He unveils settings fuelled solely by economic self-interest, diplomatic errors and every nation’s hungry scramble for its share of the remaining atmospheric space. Fools Rule seeks answers to the toughest question: Will anyone be able to change before it’s too late?