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Trump Victory Leaves China Calling the Shots at COP29 Climate Negotiations | Campaign has vowed to pull U.S. out of Paris accord, but China appears more committed than ever (www.wsj.com)
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[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 days ago

I see lots of liberals online insisting that the US pulling out of the Paris accord will make everyone else, including China, abandon their climate initiatives.

If any nation does so then - just like the US - they weren't truly committed in the first place, and they would have quietly rolled back their climate goals like the US has been doing already anyway.