It is, indeed, a legitimate function of the COP to develop recommendations, and guidelines, and targets, and all manner of information to help sovereign nations make the right decisions. This is not to say the work of the COP and climate scientists is not important, it certainly is. But it is not nearly as important to the people of the world as access to affordable energy. Access to affordable energy is one of the most visible lines between developed and developing nations. Policies that reduce the supply of energy, or increase its cost - are wrongheaded policies.
Energy fuels economic prosperity which is the only remedy to poverty.
Poverty is the enemy of the environment - and the enemy of freedom. Fossil fuels and nuclear energy are both enemies of the advocates of the Kyoto Protocol. This position puts hypothetical, projected benefits at a higher priority than the well-known, crushing needs of most of the world. All the people of the world need access to affordable energy. And they need it now.