The United States and India have made the greatest progress among the world’s top 20 economies in implementing climate policies since the 2016 Paris Agreement, a study commissioned by the Guardian has found.
India and the US?! gotta based on their size.
What a joke of an article. First off India and USA are leading since they are the biggest industries/worst offenders at the moment. Secondly the measurement in the graph that shows they are leading is in quantum(gigatonnes) and not percent, so potentially very misleading. Third is these are based on 2030 projections and not todays numbers, so once again misleading
Oh that’s depressing
Changes between 2015 and 2024 projections for annual emissions in 2030
This means expected/promised emissions in 2030.
China is significantly overachieving on its emissions reductions. Likely that 2023 was their peak, but they only forecast 2030 as peak. Massive industrialization/manufacturing growth where technically, emissions should be transferred to consumer countries. They’ve helped other countries transition energy towards solar.
The US IRA with tariff protection is not likely to be a fast transition even if it is not undone. The US has some responsibility for Ukraine war and sanctions which is a gift to new oil and gas production, and lobby power, and tariffs are meant for oil profit benefits rather than being a global leader in renewables. Even before Trump, US is at record oil and gas production. Just because they have a goal, doesn’t mean they will come anywhere close to that goal. Fantasy is no basis to hand awards/cudos out.
India has relaxed restrictions on Chinese imports, and last I heard, 2025 and 2026 is supposed to bring 150gw of domestic solar production.
