Slate: Since 1992, the world's leaders have been meeting annually to talk about what to do about climate change. Despite these efforts, the planet is still on pace for a worst-case scenario--actually, it's tracking a bit above it. Thanks to exceptionally warm oceans, this year should be the hottest ever measured.
The U.N. process has so far produced oodles of protocols and plans of action. Yet emissions from tailpipes and smokestacks the world over have continued on largely unabated.
The result has...