Per capita they’re still waaay lower than the USA. And they’re implementing public transit and renewable power faster than most other countries.
That’s not even considering how much Chinese manufacturing is solely for Western consumption.
China’s per capita emissions are also waaay higher then those of the EU for example, while the EU’s emissions are falling and China’s are rising. Also China’s emissions fall by about 10%, when you adjust for trade.
The big problem is more that the countries most responsible for climate change is changing. The West emissions are falling, whereas non Western countries emissions are rising. So the West argues that climate reparations should be paid by the countries emitting the most and not by the countries who have the most money. They are related, but not the same. Also that that bases needs to be adjusted over time.
Could catastrophic CO2 emissions ever constitute a casus belli?
