Cat@ponder.cat to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago95% of countries miss UN deadline to submit 2035 climate pledges.www.carbonbrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-link95% of countries miss UN deadline to submit 2035 climate pledges.www.carbonbrief.orgCat@ponder.cat to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoI mean, if the top 5 or 10 countries fail to do so, does it really matter if Tuvalu files or not? 95% of countries likely don’t make significant contributions in the first place, certainly not enough to off-set US/China/Russia/Brazil.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoThe top 5 China, USA, India, EU and Russia emit a combined 64% of global emissions. The top 10 emitters adding Japan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia(,Germany but it is part of the EU) and South Korea are at 74%. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-share-of-co2-emissions?tab=table Of the lot only the USA has actually put in a contribution and well it then left the Paris Climate Agreement. So nobody really did.
I mean, if the top 5 or 10 countries fail to do so, does it really matter if Tuvalu files or not? 95% of countries likely don’t make significant contributions in the first place, certainly not enough to off-set US/China/Russia/Brazil.
The top 5 China, USA, India, EU and Russia emit a combined 64% of global emissions. The top 10 emitters adding Japan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia(,Germany but it is part of the EU) and South Korea are at 74%. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-share-of-co2-emissions?tab=table
Of the lot only the USA has actually put in a contribution and well it then left the Paris Climate Agreement. So nobody really did.