The US is only 20% of total C02 output. Even if it were 0, China and India are still ruining the climate and the Paris accords didn't stop this.
Per-capita doesn't matter. Reality doesn't care about fairness.
Also, other countries with higher pollution level should never be a reference or excuse
I'd say there's room to improve, but if we compared all countries this way, we might have a good conversation.
For instance, Germany may be skewed as high pollution per capita, but roughly 1/2 of their economy is for exports. Penalizing them because they make things there for people around the world wouldn't seem fair.
[0] - https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/24/infographic-heres-how-t...
It's a prisoner's dilemma[0] instance we are all in, so finger-pointing does not help with anything, for anyone.
Furthermore, countries you point very lightly make up almost half the world population. And their emissions per capita are laughably low(especially India) compared to US.
1: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/prisoners-dilemma.asp
That's what your argument sounds like.
My point is that nobody wants do do anything about the other 80%. No punishment and excuses are given that they are 'developing nations', so they can freely pollute the earth and destroy the environment.
We really should be concentrating o n that 80%, and we aren't, which makes me question the motives of things like the Paris agreement.
While we bend over backwards to save the environment, these nations just use it as a way to boost their own economies while continuing to pollute and break every agreement and lie about it.