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Re:Climate Target Update Tracker by efitz on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:28AM (#22170878)
It doesn't track outcomes, it tracks policy. The China and India ratings make it clear that they aren't tracking effectiveness or whether the policies are even being implemented.
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Re:Climate Target Update Tracker by caseysoftware on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:56AM (#22171197)
That's a small but hugely important distinction that I didn't see disclosed up front.

By that reasoning, the alcoholic who promises "to never drink again!" is on the right track even if he's at the bar drinking right now.

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Re:Climate Target Update Tracker by godelski on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @02:44PM (#22173301)
This is the main criticism with a lot of these comparisons. That it doesn't help us solve the problem but rather does virtue signaling. I think a better comparison is maps like these[0], though they don't tell the full story either. No one map will. Unsurprisingly, climate is a multifaceted and complex problem that is extremely difficult to solve and needs much more than policy to solve.

[0] https://www.electricitymap.org/?wind=false&solar=false&page=...

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Re:Climate Target Update Tracker by JungleGymSam on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @04:22PM (#22174188)
Exactly. This is just alarmism.
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