This is only true in absolute numbers, because the US started so much higher than the rest of the world. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?lo

This is only true in absolute numbers, because the US started so much higher than the rest of the world. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?locations=US-EU https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?location... Even though it started lower, Europe has been reducing its emissions at a faster rate. In 2014, Europe was at 63% of its peak of emissions, whereas the US were at 72%. The slope in log scale gives it away too (from the same data set, comparing US (orange) and Eurozone (blue) since 1971): https://i.imgur.com/099XLIw.png https://i.imgur.com/099XLIw.png