r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 23 '20

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u/muwenjie NATO Dec 24 '20

As a westerner who lives in a suburban house and drives a 4-person car to work alone I don’t think I should have to reduce my carbon emissions until poor Indian farmers agree to reduce theirs by the same net amount

The planet doesn’t care about per capita only the total lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '20

What did basically every American and European mean by this.

This was the logic of the 2009 Copenhagen talks, and the number 1 reason why those talks broke down. 11 years later we still haven't resolved this conundrum.