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Per capita CO2 emissions by country. (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

One issue is that the countries lecturing newly industrializing nations are doing absolutely nothing to decrease their own emissions. They're happy to export production and act as a monopsony, putting all the pressure to fix climate change on the poorer nations who don't have anywhere near the same amount of wealth to invest in costlier and more eco friendly production techniques. Who's more to blame, western finance capital demanding low prices for garments at any costs, while hypocritically demanding that someone else pay to fix climate change, or the bangladeshi small capitalist who's trying to bring some value into their country in any way they can?

You can even look at current CO2 emissions per capita, and see that some of the richest countries on earth are still currently the biggest polluters. And we can't ignore the historical legacy of theft and environmental destruction which gives them absolutely no room to talk.

https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/