> Unless the emissions from imports are counted, this is meaningless. To give some perspective, in the case of the UK (which until this year had been an EU mem

> Unless the emissions from imports are counted, this is meaningless. To give some perspective, in the case of the UK (which until this year had been an EU member): "directly-produced carbon emissions peaked in 1972, total carbon emissions created by the UK economy peaked thirty-five years later in 2007" So yes, "imported" carbon emissions can make a big difference, but even if you take them into account, the trend for total emissions has been downward for over a decade. https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/10/21/imported-emissions-mean-uks-carbon-footprint-peaked-later-than-believed/ https://www.energylivenews.com/2019/10/21/imported-emissions...