Global emissions, as well as the resulting uptick in worldwide average temperatures, are dramatically outpacing outcomes from the COP process.
The COP rules give economic and emissions superpowers like the U.S. and China the same amount of votes (one each) as nations at the front lines of climate change, like Kiribati, Vanuatu and much of Africa. It's the only process of its kind.
UN agencies, think tanks and academic institutions have issued a slew of reports pointing to how severe climate change impacts already are, at a comparatively small amount of warming (about 1.2°C (above 2.34°F) above preindustrial levels.
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