This is gut-wrenching... now tell us again why the global north don't owe the global south trillions in compensation for this global ecological atrocity / ecocide?
@@blazer9547 Historically it's the Western countries that have contributed the most GHGs BY FAR. But yes, today China is a big contributor. The northern hemisphere REALLY has to get going on reducing emissions asap!
@@CitiesForTheFuture2030 Not anymore. China is quickly catching up to the US in cumulative emissions, and will surpass them in time. Indian emissions are also rising exponentially. The West HAS been reducing emissions, the US peaked in 2007, and Europe peaked way back in 1979. Don't forget that the West emitted so much CO2 because they created the industrial revolution (and had to invent cleaner methods over the course of a century) and were the original 'world factory,' making all the products used globally. The developing world has advantages the West never had. Cheap solar power running on proven technology. Cheap wind power. Established trade systems. Billions in aid.
@@Jake-rs9nq It's like 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Most of the G20 - the countries responsible for most emissions AND are wealthy enough to allow for the phasing out of fossil fuels - are still approving new oil & gas leases (US & UK & Oz, China & India still exploiting coal domestically), locking in emissions for many decades to come. TNCs are also exploiting reserves in developing countries who need to service their debts (so can't even use profits for a just transition!). It's all a big mess, isn't it?! On the bright side new energy tech - mainly solar - can reach rural areas (especially in Africa) where grids can't reach. I did see a WEF vid on wind energy in Africa - it can provide for all their needs 3 x over, altho solar is easier to install.
December ends covering the entire globe but January starts with greatest concentrations in the higher northern latitudes. So presumably this is cumulative on an annual basis..
Each and everyone of us needs to slow down our consumption - - some of us more than others - - and find less intense ways of living. Would someone on Twitter, please start #SlowLiving?
just plant more trees around the world. we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen - it's simple.
Yes, it takes 31 to 46 trees to offset one ton of co2, so more trees is good. However in 2021 over 37 billion tons were released. I'll do the math for you, that's one trillion, one hundred and forty seven billion trees on the low end and one trillion, seven hundred and two billion on the high end. The low end estimate is more than a third of all the trees on the entire planet, so get planting!
