@43d7c4ea They are expanding renewables and nuclear pretty fast too. The fact that Chinese per-capita carbon emissions are more than those of many Western European countries is indeed terrifying though. And for all their problems (including an interpretation of communism that is significantly less socialist than the US), they have lifted a huge number of people out of poverty over the last 40 years. Some amount of economic growth in China was and is necessary, whatever your view on the west.

I hope China does better. India too - and even their targets are depressing, in spite of being rather vulnerable. But once again, we can't use what other people aren't doing as an excuse not to act. Especially when we bear significant historical responsibility.