2/China now emits far more CO2 than the U.S. It emits almost as much as Europe and the U.S. combined.pic.twitter.com/oRqWN4o8OS
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
13/And finally, the biggest and most important way we Americans try to preserve the illusion of control is by simple denialism. Many Americans pretend that climate science is more uncertain than it really is, or that climate scientists are dishonest, etc.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/climate-of-complete-certainty.html …
14/It's all just an illusion. America is NOT in the driver's seat when it comes to climate change, and it's time for us to acknowledge that horrible, gut-wrenching fact. Because it is a fact.
15/Does this mean America should abandon our efforts to fight climate change? Of course not!!! We should be taxing carbon, building green infrastructure, researching green energy technology, etc.!
16/BUT, on our own, this won't be nearly enough. We need to do all we can to encourage China to decarbonize. This includes sharing all of our green energy tech with China, and even trying to pay them to decarbonize.pic.twitter.com/nVkquYUTAF
17/It probably also includes other, less friendly and positive incentives.pic.twitter.com/rVbNtSW9a3
18/But the horrible truth is, even all of these incentives probably have only a marginal ability to sway China's decisions. Like it or not, the future of our planet is in the hands of some folks in Beijing. (end)
The US can impose a carbon tax on imports.
He said this in the thread, 16 and 17.
Thanks, hadn't seen that.
We should do this, BUT, it won't do much. This graph shows why.pic.twitter.com/AXhLBsqX0B
As a market for a lot of Chinese goods, couldn’t the EU, US and others could push some level of change in China. Essentially use carbon ‘tarrifs’ to advance Chinese carbon pricing.
He said as much in tweet 17.
Yep, my comment was made around tweet 12. I thought he was done.
I've been saying lesser advanced, higher population countries will be a huge problem for fighting climate change. India is one that is on almost nobodies radar.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.