schizoidman@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoChina logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites recordswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1427arrow-down13cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·1 year agoThis is actually not true. The US has contributed almost double the total emissions of China. https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2
minus-squareHamSwagwich@showeq.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoOP said China is there largest contributor. That is true. OP did not say China made the largest contribution historically. This isn’t about historical. What’s done is done and we need to act on what can be changed now. We can’t change history. Your link is useless.
This is actually not true. The US has contributed almost double the total emissions of China.
https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2
OP said China is there largest contributor. That is true.
OP did not say China made the largest contribution historically.
This isn’t about historical. What’s done is done and we need to act on what can be changed now. We can’t change history. Your link is useless.