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> China, who cares for less about preserving the world The premises of your argument are refuted by facts. A larger percentage of people in China (compared to
by solaric 1y ago
> China, who cares for less about preserving the world
The premises of your argument are refuted by facts.
A larger percentage of people in China (compared to the USA) believe climate change is a serious threat to humanity and support policies to tackle climate change.
https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support
The US is much worse than China in terms of emissions per capita, both historically and today
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita
China also leads the world in tech that is crucial for the move away from fossil fuels (solar, wind, electric vehicles and batteries). You can easily look up evidence for this, if you feel any initial doubt.
This recent news article has a nice snippet on the current trajectory on climate change
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/china-doubles-down-on-climate-wind-and-solar-pledges-a-day-after-trump-called-them-a-scam-00579411 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/china-doubles-down-...
"China pledged Wednesday to cut its world-leading levels of climate pollution by up to 10 percent during the next decade — one day after U.S. President Donald Trump urged global leaders to abandon the effort to halt the Earth’s rising temperatures."