China Confronts Europe Over Climate-Based Trade Restrictions (www.nytimes.com)

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Days ahead of the U.N.’s global negotiations on climate change, China and other developing countries said trade restrictions should be part of the talks.

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[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 3 points 3 weeks ago

When did China surpass the US to become the biggest emitter? I thought that wasn't going to happen until 2050, as per https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/global-warming-carbon-emissions-china-us/

I'd dispute that China has no interest in reducing their emissions. See this other post by the OP, https://slrpnk.net/post/14732947 showing that they're on track to reduce their emissions this year.

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

That is cumulative emissions. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-ghg-emissions?tab=chart&time=1990..latest&country=USA~CHN

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