https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china?country=CHN~USA https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china?country=CHN~USA I'm no expert, but if these data are

https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china?country=CHN~USA https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/china?country=CHN~USA I'm no expert, but if these data are correct, emissions in China are growing dramatically, and in the US they are trending downward at (honestly) an unexpectedly impressive rate. China is currently emitting well over 2x what the US does, and extrapolation from the last 25 years suggests that China will exceed the US, on a per-capita basis, in a handful of years. This is somewhat counter-narrative. But assuming it's correct, the questions become: How bad would it be if China was not taking the problem seriously, and how much better would the US be if they were taking the problem seriously?