Posted on 03/07/2021 7:39:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Environmentalists across the world have been urging countries to drastically reduce carbon emissions in an effort to combat climate change. During this process, they have effectively ignored the country that is most responsible for these emissions.
A Feb. 24 article from the Institute of Public Affairs cited research in which the organization compared China’s carbon emissions to those of its neighbor to the south, Australia.
The findings are distressing.
“Every 16 days China emits more carbon than Australia does in an entire year,” the institute reported. “This means the annual effect on global emissions from Australia mandating a net zero emissions target would be cancelled out by China in just over two weeks.”
The IPA added that China has increased carbon emissions by 83.5 percent per capita since 2004, while Australia has decreased emissions by 15.4 percent in the same time frame.
The so-called “net zero emissions” target has been a talking point for proponents of the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change that was adopted by 196 parties in the French capital in 2015 and went into effect the following year.
The agreement is part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Many countries have set a specific date when they plan to reach the goal of net-zero emissions. For example, the United Kingdom and Japan are aiming to reach that goal by 2050, while China has a target of 2060, according to BBC News.
The problem is that while China says it wants to reach that goal, the country hasn’t taken many practical steps to get there.
“The analysis also shows that China operates 57 coal-fired power stations for each one currently operating in Australia,” the Institute of Public Affairs said.
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AND GET THIS SIGNERS OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT:
China is currently constructing 92 coal-fired power stations, with a further 135 in the pre-construction phase, while Australia has none in the construction or pre-construction phase.
As China pursues actions that are in contrast with its goal of reducing emissions, the United Nations has chosen to target other countries that are much less responsible for pollution.
CHINA is disgusting all the way around and are never held accountable. Its a damn shame corporations are allowed to use their labor and non existent pollution regulations to make shitty bad products and sell them here in the US.
Every time China farts, we’re forced to smell it.
I read labels, if it’s made in china, back on the shelf it goes!
To be fair, Australia has a minuscule population compared to China.
So, what's the problem? /rimshot Conspiracy theory! /rimshot White supremacy! /rimshot Global wa- oh, wait /rimshot
If you look at the coal institute web. China now consumes more coal that the whole world used to use during the Kyoto accord. They also release most of the plastics to the sea and have most other pollutants. World will not be clean without China.
But they are using their “developing nation” status to do that.
China’s population may be over 50 times Australia’s, but it has more than 23 times as many coal fired power plants and building more with no end in sight. They are not using the same equipment to lower pollution.
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That means China emits 23X times more carbon than Australia.
However, if we compare carbon emissions per capita, Australia emits 61% more carbon than China.
Australia pop. - 38 million
China pop. - 1.4 billion
One Australian emits 1.61 pounds of carbon for every 1.0 pound emitted by a Chinese person.
Great chart.
Thanks for posting it.
The Australian population figure is wrong. Not 38 million but 25 million and change.
Wow...
Huge Goof.
38 million is Canada.
The western world is bought and china does what it wants
Bill says WE need to live in tiny houses run by solar and wind and WE need to drive electric cars or ride a bicycle or walk. Meanwhile Bill has flies in his private jet and all of Bill's products are made in china. Kill Bill was a good movie but that's a different Bill.
Well the average chinese worker lives in a closet and rides a bicycle.
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