Japan gets dishonorable "award" at COP27

An MC in a skeleton costume announces Japan as the winner of the "Fossil of the Day" award during the United Nation's COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 9, 2022. The prize, organized by Climate Action Network International, is traditionally awarded every day during the COP conferences to countries "doing the most to achieve the least" in terms of the progress on climate change.

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