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bwb ◴[] No.43622606[source]
I am excited to see the next 20 years :)
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passwordoops ◴[] No.43623419[source]
For more breathless headlines touting a green transition as emissions continue to mysteriously increase at a record pace?
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lm28469 ◴[] No.43623466[source]
Exactly, this graph sums it up: https://climatanthropocene.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/co...

We talk more about it but in the facts nothing changes, if anything it's accelerating

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1. wongarsu ◴[] No.43623725[source]
This graph might be more relevant: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co-emissions-by-re...

The countries most talking about net-zero are indeed reducing their emissions. China is meanwhile trying to catch up to the standard of living of their Western counterparts, driving up emissions massively (while still having great per-capita values, there are just a lot of Chinese that previously lived on basically nothing)