Its interesting this comes up now, I had to write an essay related to this recently [1] (check out the references section I found some really interesting litera

Its interesting this comes up now, I had to write an essay related to this recently [1] (check out the references section I found some really interesting literature on the topic). The Chinese policy discourse on Climate change does not "stop" at articulating Responsibility in terms of per capita emissions, but also historic emissions, here is the relevant extract from it: "The life spans of different gases in the atmosphere vary, furthermore they contribute differently to Radiative Forcing which causes Global Warming. Since Greenhouse gases (GHG) have long atmospheric lifespans, Chinese GHG emissions are larger than their contribution to Radiative Forcing since it started emitting them later than other countries. The Chinese scientific community supporting the policy thus highlights that since cumulative Chinese CO2 emissions are lower than "developed countries’", the Chinese contribution to Global Warming is also considerably less, 10% of total radiative forcing [2]." [1] https://guillaume.desusanne.com/how-does-chinas-policy-discourse-articulate-the-relationship-between-great-power-status-and-chinas-responsibility-to-help-address-climate-change/ https://guillaume.desusanne.com/how-does-chinas-policy-disco... [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature17165 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature17165