>I mean what do you propose western nations do? Nothing?
We could compel China and other countries, by diplomatic and other means
We could compel China and other countries, by diplomatic and other means
The current US lifestyle has CO2 emissions per person 2x that of the current Chinese lifestyle, and over 8x that of the current Indian lifestyle.
Total emissions from India is 1/2 US emissions and total from China is 2x US emissions, but switching to per country instead of per person doesn't really help because the US is the #2 emitter by country (we are #16 per capita).
Diplomatically convincing us that we need to have a lifestyle and standard of living that emits a fraction of the CO2 we currently do...
I think we agree..
Why so hostile?
>"The Syrian Arab Republic affirms that the practices of the United States of America and the illegal presence of its forces on parts of the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic is an actual embodiment of the crime of aggression," the Syrian Mission to the United Nations told Newsweek.
>"Syria stresses that the lies promoted by the U.S. administration are nothing but a failed attempt to justify the acts of aggression and the flagrant violation of the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic,"
https://www.newsweek.com/syria-demands-end-americas-last-for...
The phrase “…the people of Syria…” is doing a lot of work in this sentence.