"Thousands of diplomats" gather in Lima in order to fight global warming (which stopped 18 years ago)

It is difficult to imagine a better example of how public money, provided by hard working taxpayers, is wasted:

"For the next two weeks, thousands of diplomats from around the globe will gather in Lima, Peru, for a United Nations summit meeting to draft an agreement intended to stop the global rise of planet-warming greenhouse gases."

(New York Times)