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> Most of the world's new carbon emissions are coming from developing countries. Isn't this because we're paying them to make stuff for us? Or is there some ac
by lordnacho 3y ago
> Most of the world's new carbon emissions are coming from developing countries.
Isn't this because we're paying them to make stuff for us? Or is there some accounting of this where its their own consumption that causes it?
- omnimus 3y agoAlso why would developing countries have to limit carbon emissions more than non developing ones?
- Contusion3532 3y agoExactly. The cumulative emissions of the United States dwarf the rest of the countries in the world[1]. The powerhouse that is the United States was built on the externality of carbon emissions. Now that the West has built their economies of this externality, they're trying to prevent developing nations from catching up by utilizing the same externality. [1] https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-20-largest-contributors-to-cumulative-CO2-emissions-1850-2021.png https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-2...
- fasterik 3y agoIt's because they're industrializing, have higher population growth, and are primarily building coal power plants to keep up with it.