S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. in physics is an atmospheric and space physicist. He founded the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) and the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). He served as professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia (1971–94). Paris-2015 may turn out to be a big (and expensive) nothing-burger and mark the effective end of COP, the Conference of the Parties [to the Global Climate Treaty], after 21 years.