| glimmer_of_hope said: Le meh! Just another reason for the "Never Trump" movement to bitch. The Paris Agreement is a disaster just like the Kyoto Protocol was....(and look how that turned out). If this agreement is such a big deal then it will continue without America right?....right? Of course not, because this agreement yet again asks America to pay more than it fair share while China, the biggest polluter in the world does nothing! |
First of all that shouldn't be a surprise considering having the biggest population so it would be interesting to see how it goes if you look per person.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/270508/co2-emissions-per-capita-by-country/
But while China undoubtedly still has work to do, the world's second largest economy has made huge strides in improving its air quality. Last year, in the quarter ending 30 September, China was the largest centre of investment in the world for renewable energy, with $26.7 billion - twice that of the second largest, the United States. In 2014, it led the world in new clean energy, adding 56 gigawatts to the grid, four times what the US contributed.
A new study by Greenpeace shows that these investments are starting to make a difference. Using NASA satellite images to measure microscopic particles, the study found that levels of PM2.5 particles in China had decreased by 17% between 2010 and 2015. In the United States the fall was 15%.
