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Michael Magoon's avatar

This is so true. I wrote an article making a similar argument:

https://frompovertytoprogress.substack.com/p/why-greens-should-stop-focusing-on

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Tay Yi Kai's avatar

I disagree. The west may make up less of an overall share, but they still make way more per capita emissions. While i agree with throwing away any over politicised framework, i think that is not the case here and the west genuinely needs to do more

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Quico Toro's avatar

My concern is with the broader strategy. Closing one faucet out of three won’t hurt, but it’s not a realistic strategy if your goal is to prevent the tub from overflowing.

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Michael Magoon's avatar

The climate does not care about per capita emissions. It is only total emissions that effect the climate.

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Tami Demayo's avatar

What is the source of the emissions chart you linked to?

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Quico Toro's avatar

I downloaded the EU’s Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research and made it

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tjcanavan's avatar

It's true that current emissions are more attributable to the developing world, but let's not forget that the developed world has been contributing its emissions for more than a century. Add to that the greater ability of the developed world to control its emissions, and it becomes clear that we have a very great obligation to work for the mitigation of this problem.

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Quico Toro's avatar

Sure. It’s just unwise to confuse that for a strategy. It isn’t.

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