China Says West Should Deal With Global Warming
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China has insisted that the U.S. and other wealthy nations should bear the burden of curbing global warming, saying the problem was created by their lavish way of life. It rejected mandatory emission cuts for its own developing industries.
Su Wei, a top climate expert for China’s government attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference, said the job belongs to the wealthy.
“China is in the process of industrialization and there is a need for economic growth to meet the basic needs of the people and fight against poverty,” Su said
While many experts believe China has surpassed the United States as the world’s top emitter of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases, Su noted the Chinese population is far bigger and said America’s emissions per person are six times higher than in China.
Yes, but climate change doesn’t work like that.
Either all the big emitters contribute to reductions, or all efforts are wasted.
Comments such as the above are not helpful, particularly since everybody on the planet can now ask themselves what is the point in doing anything at all when any individual action is totally insignificant in comparison to unchecked emissions from major industrial nations?
Source: AP
You first, Mr. Chin.
We in the west wish to continue research into a cleaner, more affluent, more sustainable future.
You, Mr. Chin, on the other hand, merely wish to burn coal until the northern ice cap melts entirely (due to the black soot deposits on the ice from your nasty practises)