The countries committed to permanently ending fossil fuel use now far outnumber those against. Their problem? Their chief organising conference, the 30-year-old COP conferences, comes with vetoes from the petro-states. This year, 1,600 fossil industry lobbyists attended, and they managed to get any mention of fossil fuels scrubbed from the final agreement.
This ridiculous state of affairs can’t continue, and this is a classic move to break the deadlock. Sideline COP & the petrostates, by creating an alternative, they don’t have power in.
China burns more coal than anyone else put together.
There one of the minority of nations that are reducing emissions despite massive energy consumption growth
China manufactures more shit for us to consume than everyone else put together too, I’m pretty sure.
They’re not exactly burning a bunch of coal in a vacuum.
They’re a full eighth of our entire species population and a massive manufacturing hub.
No.
Shit.