Because per capita is the only thing that makes sense.

If China were to split into 10 countries each emitting 10% of what they do now it'd be the exact same emissions, but according to you it would be much better.

Similarly if the EU would become one country, that country would be high up on the list, much higher than member countries now! Oh no!

Looking at per capita emissions is much more fair.

Anyway, China's emissions are falling since last year ( https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-ha... ). What's the US doing?

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chucksta 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It can't realistically be solved at a per capita level though

	▲	renjimen 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Individuals can of course make choices to reduce their emissions, Americans more than most since they're starting higher. Buy less new stuff, eat less meat, fly less, etc. But policy is where real change needs to be made, and the effects of policy still scale with population in most cases.
	▲	Scarblac 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Maybe we should start trying before we conclude that.