Scene: Sydney Conference Centre, two police officers on security detail
COP36:. Going anywhere nice for your hols?
COP37:. We were looking for somewhere in the mountains, maybe give South Island, NZ a go.
COP36:. A nice break from all the bushfires, eh?
COP37:. Too right. Did you see the wildfires in California? Mass evacuations and black smoke choking the animals trying to escape.
COP36:. Tragic. Do you think this lot will do anything useful about climate change?
COP37: I doubt it – a lot of hot air and empty promises more like.
COP36:. They can’t even agree on 2.5 degrees.The Pacific Islands will be flooded.
COP36:. These politicians are a bunch of drongos.