Progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the major emitters has been uneven since 2015 and sets the scene for difficult negotiations ahead. China has become by far the largest emitter of carbon in the world, accounting for 29.2 per cent of total global GHGs in 2022, nearly three times the US at 11.2 per cent. Even considering the fairer measure of GHG emissions per capita, Chinese emissions have been on a rapid rise, exceeding those of the EU27 countries in 2019. At 11 tonnes of CO2 per capita in 2022, it is still well below the US level of 18 tonnes. However, the US level is falling (from 24 tonnes per capita in 2005), whereas China’s is still rising, if now modestly. And, significantly, China’s cumulative emissions since the industrial era in 1851 (14.2 per cent of the world total) were almost equal to the EU27’s (15.6 per cent) in 2021, making it the third largest cumulative contributor. India’s emissions per capita, in contrast, have risen only from 1.6 tonnes per capita in 1990 to 2.8 tonnes in 2022, and it has contributed just 4.6 per cent to the cumulative total so far.7
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