Multilateral climate summits structurally protect national self-interest over collective action

Evidence

A series of annual UN summits, with delegates from 194 countries protecting their own interests while arguing over resolutions on how to reduce heat-trapping emissions, is not a recipe for progress. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2667

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Climate conference failures demonstrate capital’s power over democratic governance — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 340; National domestic struggles absorb activist energy that might target global summits — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1117