Most rich countries, including the U.S., have decreased their per capita carbon emissions since 1990.
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Most rich countries, including the U.S., have decreased their per capita carbon emissions since 1990.
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And here is a picture of total emissions by region.pic.twitter.com/kdfXOFJ1dj
Here is a more detailed, slightly more up-to-date picture of total emissions by country through 2015.pic.twitter.com/cpZQCRrNek
Here is a chart showing that most of China's growth in CO2 emissions has not been from rich countries exporting their carbon-intensive industries to China.pic.twitter.com/fpJKamCZYJ
Here's a chart showing total CO2 emissions by country or continent up through 2016.pic.twitter.com/dGt1UcxoP0
On an aggregate and per capita basis, the US is still way ahead of China in CO2 emissions.
Well, certainly China has rapidly been catching up, but on a per capita basis the US remained ahead through 2014. NYT has more here:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/01/climate/us-biggest-carbon-polluter-in-history-will-it-walk-away-from-the-paris-climate-deal.html …
Per capita doesn't matter for climate
Climate is just climate. PEOPLE make choices about their own behavior and about policy, through people in Govts. To all of these decision-makers, considerations of equity matter.
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