## Metadata - Author: [[Josh Tickell]] - Full Title: Kiss the Ground - Category: #books ## Highlights - After twenty-one years, it is a surprising oversight that nobody created a standard Microsoft Excel spreadsheet template that participating countries must fill in with their standard carbon dioxide emissions, accounted for in a standard way. (Bill Gates himself was actually at COP21 but not even he created such a spreadsheet.) Such a glaring omission makes one wonder what really goes on behind closed doors at these conferences. ([Location 687](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B06ZZBDGXG&location=687))