![]() That doesn't mean Asia will suffer less than anyone else from a changing climate, but pointing the finger at China as the biggest polluter is kind of missing the point, and probably an attempt to deflect responsibility to avoid doing what must be done (edit: not by you, obviously). The US alone has contributed as much CO2 as all Asian countries together. The graph at the top of the article makes it clear that, historically, the regions that have contributed the most to climate change (to make it plain: the countries directly responsible for it) are the US and the EU countries. From 1992 to 2016, the country imported more than 110 million tons of plastic scrap. Who has contributed most to global CO2 since 1750? Before its 2018 ban, China processed about 45 percent of the world’s plastic waste. There are also large differences in how much each has emitted in the past. In the last ten years, we have produced more plastic products than in the previous century. Research states that, by 2050, plastic will likely outweigh all fish in the sea. When paper bags are deposited into the environment, wither on water or on land. United Kingdom 703 thousand kg of plastic. Plastic waste makes up 80 of all marine pollution and around 8 to 10 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. > There’s not only significant variability in how much CO2 countries emit across the world today. Collectively, the top five plastic waste dumpers throw an astonishing 314 million kg of plastic into the ocean per year. Who has contributed most to global CO2 emissions? There's an article about this on Our World In Data: I believe the OP is referring to historical contribution to climate change by different countries.
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