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The reason China, Australia and India gets away with what they are doing without sanctions is because they are pointing at the US and saying "they get away with
by xorcist 4y ago
The reason China, Australia and India gets away with what they are doing without sanctions is because they are pointing at the US and saying "they get away without doing anything so why shouldn't we?". That creates a form of international stalemate because no one can form the necessary coalition required for the agreements to have any sort of economical and political teeth.
- 411111111111111 4y agoI think that's just wishful thinking, honestly. There wouldn't be a significant change even if the US got it's act together. They'd just use different excuses
- xorcist 4y agoObviously, but having US onboard opens up possibilities to create incentives that credible international accords are built on. Or the other way around, without the US, China and Australia, even if the rest of the world does everything right, global carbon dioxide levels will not only keep increasing, but do so in an accelerating manner. And before you ask why not China could create credible incentives for the US, the answer is that they do not have the institutions for it, which the US has. At least in theory.