David Attenborough warning on climate change, page-117

It's a bit hard to deny developing nations who are trying to drag their populations out of poverty their industrial revolution."

Of course not.

How can we in the West possibly say to people in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South and Latin America. "Sorry folk, we know you want to live like we do, but you can't because the planet won't be able to handle it."

We can't.

And that's exactly what I'm saying: the inexorable modernisation of these economies will lead to increased carbon emissions on a per capita basis.

Add rapidly-rising populations to that rising per capita dynamic, and you've got a mathematical tsunami of additional carbon emissions.


"As well as using coal China are the world leaders in utilising green energy and will make the most out of the EV revolution as they have no other choice. The're adding nearly 2k EV buses per week to their national fleet and will be banning the sale of ICE vehicles in the future, 2030 maybe.

In 2016 China produced 75gw of electricity from solar and I expect it's well over 100gw now, they produce over 25% of their power needs from renewable energy alone. "

This is a problem determined by thousands of variables.
Quoting just two of them doesn't instil me with much confidence, at the margin, I'm afraid

Does that mean China's carbon emissions on a per capita basis are going to reduce as its citizens continue to urbanise and its economy continues to industrialise?

Because, when I see stuff like this, I very much doubt it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...show-runaway-expansion-of-coal-power-in-china