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Researchers at the London School of Economics published some <\/span>concerning findings<\/span><\/a> last week. Emerging economies – namely Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea, Mexico and Turkey – hold the key to preventing dangerous climate change in the coming century.<\/span><\/span> Stabilising emissions of greenhouse gases in these countries, they forecast, would avoid about twice as much warming as an 80% emissions<\/span><\/span> reduction among developed countries. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2008, chinadialogue<\/i> published the work of David Wheeler, Kevin Ummel and Robin Kraft who came to <\/span>similar conclusions<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n

the conventional wisdom is dangerously misguided. The south cannot relegate mitigation to the north until it achieves prosperity. In fact, cumulative emissions from a carbon-intensive south have already reached levels that are dangerous for the south itself. They are more than sufficient to create a global climate crisis, even if the north eliminates all of its emissions immediately.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

An immediate and legitimate response would be to emphasise that developed countries need to do their share – cutting emissions hard and fast. But it’s important to note that, even with this action, leading developing countries will have to do their bit as well. <\/span><\/span>It’s time to re-open some awkward conversations about when emissions in these countries should peak.<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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