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[abbey1227]

Just 25 Cities Contribute More Than Half of Global Greenhouse Emissions, Report Finds
The new report found that all but three of those cities were located in China.
By Alexa Lardieri   July 12, 2021, at 3:08 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report

Report: 25 Cities Contribute 52% of Global Emissions
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A woman waits at a bus stop during a sandstorm in the financial district in Beijing on March 15, 2021.

All but three of those cities, Moscow, Istanbul and Tokyo, are located in China, including major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

Just about two dozen cities, from a sample of more than 160 urban centers, contribute more than 50% of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.

The report, published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, found that just 25 cities, analyzed from a sample of 167 metropolitan areas in 53 countries, comprise 52% of greenhouse gas emissions.

All but three of those cities, Moscow, Istanbul and Tokyo, are located in China, including major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.

The report revealed that per capita emissions were higher in cities located in wealthier countries compared to developing nations. While total contributions to worldwide emissions are higher in China, a developing nation, they are higher per capita in the United States.

Researchers found that energy usage for residential, commercial and industrial electricity were responsible for up to 80% of emissions in Europe and North America. In about one-third of the cities analyzed, more than 30% of emissions came from road travel. Travel by water, rail and air made up less than 15% of emissions.

The report noted that urbanization in developing cities led to increased vehicle traffic, therefore leading to a larger amount of emissions from those sources.

www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-07-12/just-25-cities-contribute-more-than-half-of-global-greenhouse-emissions-report-finds

[Prometheus]

"While total contributions to worldwide emissions are higher in China, a developing nation, they are higher per capita in the United States."

The average American creates twice as many "harmful emissions" as the average Chinese person. That means that the majority of the "harmful emissions" are being created by heavy industry. That's the same heavy industry that most western countries off-shored to China and other countries over the past 40 years or so.

If all the "America First" types want to bring those industries back to the US, they'll be bringing the pollution right back home and that list of cities will have more than a few American locations.

America didn't just off-shore the jobs and technology of heavy industry. It off-shored the pollution and got the added bonus of being able to condemn an "enemy."

Just for comparison: a country that probably springs to some people's minds when thinking about pollution is India, yet their emissions are just a quarter of what China puts out and an eighth of what the US puts out. That's because we off-shored service jobs to India and not industry.

Just food for thought.

[papamihel]

You clearly don't understand Global Wa... Climate Change.
As soon as enough power is given to governments and international bureaucrats all harmful emissions will turn into rainbows. And if enough countries opt for Socialism then Nature will gratefully add some nonaddictive hallucinogens to the planet's atmosphere and it will be party to the end of times!