The current reality is that US and EU per capita emissions are rather flat ATM whereas those of India and China are on the rise.
There is work to do all about, the EU and US could certainly come down per capita (but by how much) and India and China ideally should be capped (but by whom and how) at less per capita than the EU|US currently .. ideally new technology will achieve that while allowing "modern" expectations of consumption.
The future reality is even should that all come to pass we're still looking at a global net increase in emmissions when ideally we very much want a global reduction.
However we as humans in the world get there it's hardly useful to foster international bickering when we all stand to gain through cooperation.
Therein lies the rub.
The current reality is that US and EU per capita emissions are rather flat ATM whereas those of India and China are on the rise.
There is work to do all about, the EU and US could certainly come down per capita (but by how much) and India and China ideally should be capped (but by whom and how) at less per capita than the EU|US currently .. ideally new technology will achieve that while allowing "modern" expectations of consumption.
The future reality is even should that all come to pass we're still looking at a global net increase in emmissions when ideally we very much want a global reduction.
However we as humans in the world get there it's hardly useful to foster international bickering when we all stand to gain through cooperation.