I feel these agreements are highly asymmetric and are used to gain market advantage by countries that don't have qualms violating these agreements behind closed doors.
This then leads to more pollution.
Before Trump, the US had a higher rating than China (though both were bad):
This then leads to more pollution.
Before Trump, the US had a higher rating than China (though both were bad):
https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/2024-11-13/
(Same as EU's rating: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/eu/)
https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china/2024-09-17/
The sad reality is that unless there is uniform compliance across major countries, these talks are just climate theatre.