What difference will it make whether I agree or not?
Personally absolutely zero. But if you can't even agree or disagree then why do you even talk about solutions?
What practical solutions have been offered that will cause emissions to cease rising in the developing world over the next decade or two?.
Well you have not been reading the posts on here if you have not followed the carbon reduction schemes on offer. You also single out the undeveloped world as the culprit despite the USA being the second largest emitter. Here are some facts about India for example
India has emerged as a global leader in renewable energy, where investments top those into fossil fuel.After adopting its National Electricity Plan (NEP) in 2018, India remains on track to overachieve its “2˚C compatible” rated Paris Agreement climate action targets.
At the Secretary General’s summit in New York, India announced its intention to reach a target of 450 GW of renewables by 2030. The emissions reduction potential of this target is within the range of the CAT’s current policy projections. For three consecutive years, renewable energy investment topped that of fossil fuel-related power investments and in 2018, solar investments exceeded those in coal. Given the price-competitiveness of solar PV, these should be India’s preferred choice of distribution companies.
A significant caveat on the outlook for India is the ongoing expansion of coal. The Paris agreement 1.5 Celsius limit means that there needs to be a phase-out of coal in the power sector by 2040, at the latest globally.
The National Electricity Plan (NEP) in 2018 included more than 90 GW of planned coal-fired capacity which will increase emissions unnecessarily, and risk becoming stranded assets. Abandoning these plans is more than feasible when we consider recent developments such as a 50% decrease in the cost of solar power in just two years and several utilities shelving plans to build coal plants.
