You are so full of insight, and your view is so refreshing! I totally agree with everything you've said. It's also interesting how the Global North has developed on the back of the Global South, and yet is unable to take any real leadership on climate change. I can only expect this 'greenwashing' to continue due to the sheer inertia of Western developed economies being unable to change rapidly. China and India have basically been going through an apocalypse for 100 and 1000 years respectively (China calls colonialism a "century of humiliation") and that might be one reason why they're able to get things moving quicker than Western nations who sit at tables discussing all day. I'm hopeful that once climate catastrophes start wreaking havoc, the inertia will be broken - even if we end up in a world in which the Earth is respected out of fear as opposed to prudence.