Using the IEA’s 2024 energy-related CO₂ data, advanced economies emitted 10.9 billion tonnes out of a global 37.8 billion tonnes in 2024, which is about 28.8% of the world total.

So if developed countries completely eliminate all pollution we will reduce it by 30%. Good. Then what is the next step? War with China? Attack India?

[1] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/co2-em...

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acdha 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Let China continue to cancel fossil fuel plants as they roll out renewables and electrify at rapid scale? It’s not 1980, China is leading a lot of key technologies and they’re looking like they value long-term planning a lot more than we do.

To the extent that they need a nudge, a carbon tax would be very effective for correcting export market incentives, too.

	▲	tlogan 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They are doing so good that they increased their emission by 4.7% from 2022 to 2023. /s