Greenpeace says it shows "the UK's efforts to tackle climate change are working" but the country is "still very much dependent on expensive and polluting gas".
I don’t really care about per person. I’m concerned about where the problems in the world are, so they can be fixed.
I’m not saying the Indians are sinning for creating carbon emissions. I am saying that India forming a large part of the world’s emissions – and, in particular, that fact that its emissions are still rising sharply which even the US has managed not to do – means that it’s worth paying attention to.
I had thought that India surpassed Africa last year, but I can’t find the numbers. Maybe I am wrong.
Based on the rate of increase I can certainly believe that India passed Africa in 2024. It’s close and India is rising while Africa isn’t
I think we do need to consider per capita, though, because in any fair world we should probably all share a somewhat similar level of responsibility. GHGs don’t care about national borders. If we reach a global net zero, that shouldn’t mean that Belgian people all still drive petrol cars just because Belgium is a small portion of the global population, right? And at the same time, I’m certainly not keen on trying any sort of directed birth control policy on a global scale because there’s just no way that turns out well
I don’t really care about per person. I’m concerned about where the problems in the world are, so they can be fixed.
I’m not saying the Indians are sinning for creating carbon emissions. I am saying that India forming a large part of the world’s emissions – and, in particular, that fact that its emissions are still rising sharply which even the US has managed not to do – means that it’s worth paying attention to.
I had thought that India surpassed Africa last year, but I can’t find the numbers. Maybe I am wrong.
For another way to look at it, look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita
Maybe that’s more of a complete / more accurate picture, in terms of what everyone’s doing and what directions everything is moving.
Based on the rate of increase I can certainly believe that India passed Africa in 2024. It’s close and India is rising while Africa isn’t
I think we do need to consider per capita, though, because in any fair world we should probably all share a somewhat similar level of responsibility. GHGs don’t care about national borders. If we reach a global net zero, that shouldn’t mean that Belgian people all still drive petrol cars just because Belgium is a small portion of the global population, right? And at the same time, I’m certainly not keen on trying any sort of directed birth control policy on a global scale because there’s just no way that turns out well