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".
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
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