[Phil^]

politicians in hipocracy shocker.

Dont forget politics involves playing to the audience - so if you're talking about climate change you want to be seen to be working to prevent it since its seen as a bad thing.

Likewise if you're failing to meet a target or even didnt say you were going to aim for one, you dont want to be saying ' im/we're a failure ' , but rather " we've got a new idea/direction about how to do x even better "

If you dont want to scare ( and thus lower campaign funds for next re-election ) oil companies or those whos money comes from products that pollute you dont say you're going to impose tough restrictions and quotas on them.

its all about the politics , and how people look to certain others.

bottom line : you cant trust anything someone in a position of power says