• rumschlumpel@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    Right now, yes, but for the vast majority of history it wasn’t even close. Your link shows that China only met the EU’s per capita emissions in 2013, when climate change was already pretty far along. And they are still profiting from their past emissions via the wealth and societal development that they generated back then.

    • rhubarbe@tarte.nuage-libre.fr
      link
      fedilink
      Français
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      1 day ago

      That’s fair, but you can’t deny Europe has done much better than its counterparts for more than 2 decades. Europe is not the guilty one there.

      • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 day ago

        But, consider this: there was a time from before two decades ago. There are rumours that there are even people who are older than 20. Scary, I know.