China's Per Capita Carbon Emissions Will Match US Levels by 2030
Sunita Narain · Ep# 15 | WTF is Climate Change? Nikhil ft. Sunita, Bhumi, Navroz and Mirik · Nikhil Kamath · Feb 8, 2024 · at 2:43:40
Sunita Narain discusses the evolution of global emissions and the necessity of rule-based thresholds in climate agreements.
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“So China will in 2030 equal the emissions of the United States on a per capita basis.”
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