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Unless China and India cut emissions drastically it’s a drop in the ocean. There should be tariffs on the biggest emitters to the point where they can’t afford to NOT cut emissions if they want to trade good and services.
The US really needs to step up though, they’re not even in the Paris agreement
Who enforces this?
Unless China and India cut emissions drastically it’s a drop in the ocean. There should be tariffs on the biggest emitters to the point where they can’t afford to NOT cut emissions if they want to trade good and services.
China’s already all in on renewables, it helps that they’re the cheapest option right now The US really needs to step up though, they’re not even in the Paris agreement
Note that emissions and actual pollution in the atmosphere (let's not forget our lands and the seas) MUST be heavily reduced to levels FAR FAR lower than the current and worsening crapping in our planet.
The first MUST be identified before throwing resources and effort at it.
Unless China and India cut emissions drastically it’s a drop in the ocean. There should be tariffs on the biggest emitters to the point where they can’t afford to NOT cut emissions if they want to trade good and services.
Without specific measures to reduce carbon emissions in a couple of months --- not just offsets, but actual shutdowns of emission sources --- I will not hold my breath that any EU members will actually meet this goal. That is the same as me saying 'I will quite smoking next year.' Just buying time.
Good thing and since it's a world problem, what matters the most is: 1. Also reduce emissions in the US and China[^1], 2. Save the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and SEA mostly[^2]. The best would be to introduce a tax from the CO2 emitters paid to the forest countries if (and only if) they protect them. [^1]: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/co2_m... [^2]: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/bio…
Unless China and India cut emissions drastically it’s a drop in the ocean. There should be tariffs on the biggest emitters to the point where they can’t afford to NOT cut emissions if they want to trade good and services.
China’s already all in on renewables, it helps that they’re the cheapest option right now The US really needs to step up though, they’re not even in the Paris agreement
(And even at a third the GDP per capital, Chinese carbon emissions per capita surpass the likes of Germany, let alone France.)