| Comment | > unless all governments, corporations and people worldwide get together
Also known as the [UNFCCC](https://unfccc.int/). Responsible for the 1997 [Kyoto Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol) the 2012 Doha Agreement and now the 2015 [Paris Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement) of which China is a full signatory.
Is this a full solution to the issue? Of course not, but its been developing over the years and China is now a fully signed up member of that process. It's the US (possibly) pulling out that is the current problem.
Also, remember that many governments are being pushed to action by the impacts of climate change and atmospheric pollution - many asian countries are taking strong action purely over air quality.
Secondly, the amount by which our climate changes is defined by the cumulative amount of CO2 which ends up in our atmosphere, so any reduction by any countries of any size will have a quantifiable impact, so the idea that one country will achieve fuck all is in fact absolutely wrong - each country will have an impact in proportion to its carbon footprint, which is still (for example) double per capita in the US compared to China, and roughly equal in the EU vs China. |
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