Establishment media loves this talking point: "What about China?"
China doesn't even appear in the top 25 contributors to climate breakdown, in terms of emissions in excess of the safe planetary boundary (350ppm - we are now @ ~415ppm). (1/3) #UniteAgainstClimateFailure
China doesn't even appear in the top 25 contributors to climate breakdown, in terms of emissions in excess of the safe planetary boundary (350ppm - we are now @ ~415ppm). (1/3) #UniteAgainstClimateFailure
China has only relatively recently overshot its safe fair share of CO2 emissions. This doesn't mean China and other historically low emitters do not need to cut emissions. They must, or we're going to blow past 2°C and trigger tipping point cascades. (2/3)
But global North countries must do it *much faster*, given their disproportionate contributions to climate breakdown and their economic resources. (3/3)
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