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Re:Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating by trentnix on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:09AM (#22557634)
First, let's point out that each signed on the Paris Agreement.

Mercy.

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Re:Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating by esarbe on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:49AM (#22558058)
With regards to your question: "Whatabout whatabout?"

Here's a map pointing out the parties responsibilities for anthropogenic atmospheric CO2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CO2_responsibility_1950-2...

So, it looks like the ball is firmly in the USA/EU/Russland/Canada/Uk corner. Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, India; not so much.

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Re:Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating by esarbe on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:26AM (#22557822)
What for?

The Paris Agreement is non-binding, has no enforcement clauses, it is voluntary and simply a statement of willingness to action.

It is so primarily because the US was unwilling to sign anything binding.

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