alt Hacker NewsThe point of that comment is not that the talking is happening, it's that the hope of action isn't going to be blocked by industry-captured and plain moronic countries like Saudia Arabia and US, respectively.
Even if these countries are a smaller part of the climate affecting processes, any forward motion is good at this point. They can also help build economies of scale, and take advantage of the myriad economic benefits of renewables that other countries are leaving on the table.
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cmxch • today at 6:52 PM
The US still has enough power to stop it though, thankfully.
We aren’t captured by environmental activists that force the poor to shoulder the compliance burden while the rich get to defer and delay.
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> Even if these countries are a smaller part of the climate affecting processes, any forward motion is good at this point
China, The US, and India all turned down invites despite generating 34%, 12%, and 7.6% of global emissions respectively [0]
If the world's 3 largest polluters (even if two of them are heavily investing in GreenTech) who represent ~54% of global emissions are not interested in the conversation, it's all for naught.
None of the attendees are in the position to pressure the big 3 polluters. And it doesn't matter - the larger countries know they can eat the cost of climate change. It's the poorer or smaller countries that face the brunt of the impact.
And it's only going to get worse. India turned down hosting COP33 in 2028 [1] because India is deciding to to double down on coal [2] as the Iran Crisis has shown China's bet on Coal Gasification that began during the Iraq War [3] was correct.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
[1] - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/india-withdraws-b...
[2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/india-mul...
[3] - https://usea.org/sites/default/files/022011_Coal-to-oil,%20g...