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    17 days ago

    much of this reflects a shift in timelines from 2030 to 2035, rather than any stronger policy action

    a chart showing the steady growth of the global CO2 levels over the years 1994-2021, overlapped with COP conferences making virtually no impact

    a chart showing steady growth of atmospheric CO2 levels over the years 2020-2025

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      14 days ago

      just looking at the flags, it’s painfully ironic that the host countries are basically always these rich countries that will be affected orders of magnitude less than the ones they’re dictating to

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        14 days ago

        yep, they were supposed to be the leaders in guiding the underdeveloped ones through a more sustainable route of industrialization for everybody’s sake. but instead first they outsourced all the damages to the Global South, and now they’ve just reverted back to the narratives of “green coal” and building more LNG terminals at home.