When blistering extreme heat gripped India’s capital this summer, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling under the burning sun to provide for his family.
  • solarvector@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Are we now blaming people in less developed countries for climate change because they don’t want to burn in the heat from climate change?

    • Labtec6@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 years ago

      India and China are a couple of the biggest polluters. They also just happen to be in an area that will be one of the hardest hit, especially with their size of their population.

      • girlfreddy@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Let’s look at the data, shall we?

        • the top 4 planet heating polluters of 2022 are China, India, the USA and the EU … responsible for 82% of emission in 2022
        • China may be the biggest emitter overall, but the average American is responsible for nearly twice as much climate pollution as the average person in China Source
        • historically the USA is the top CO² polluter ever, contributing over 400 billion tonnes since 1751 … more than twice what China has contributed
        • the EU is second to the USA at 300 billion tonnes since 1751 Source
        • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Sure it’s always the same discussion with historical pollution. It’s cool, nice point, whatever, but we’ve got to stop warming NOW, not let every country in the world catch up to a couple of centuries of pollution accumulated by developed nations.