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Re:Cut global emissions by 7.6% per year for next decade to ... by _ph_ on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @04:09PM (#21642709)
Funny, one of the most often heard argument of those, who try to fight against reducing CO2 in Germany is, that other countries, e.g. the US, are not reducing theirs and we should wait until they do.

That sounds to me, that every country should do its best to cut CO2 and not wait for others to lead first.

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Re:Cut global emissions by 7.6% per year for next decade to ... by Junk_Collector on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @04:30PM (#21642947)
That's funny because the US actually has reduced per capita CO2 emissions by about 20% back down to levels not seen since 1960.

Edit: I suppose I should include a source. From the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?location...

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Re:Cut global emissions by 7.6% per year for next decade to ... by ilikehurdles on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @04:13PM (#21642748)
Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement sought to do that. Unfortunately the time span between the launch of such talks and the agreement of terms is around the time in office for 1 US Democratic president.
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