As U.s. and E.u. Retreat on Climate, China Takes the Leadership Role
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The story discusses China's growing leadership role in climate issues as the US and EU step back, with commenters noting China's significant emissions and the implications of its new leadership position.
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It's becoming a habit of mine to remind that reading stats is tricky. Per capita isn't a good metric because China exports a lot of products to other countries, more so than Germany. Any CO2 comparison should consider what amount of CO2 would be released by the importers if these same products we produced locally.
That could be done by professional statisticians given data and funding that isn't there, and until that changes, the simple stats should not be taken as a ground for blame or praise.