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by tzs 1942 days ago
> However there is a worsening in the third world--and they are responsible for more emissions that the Western industrialized countries.

That's true for new emissions, but remember that various greenhouse gases once emitted stay around in the atmosphere for a while.

For CO2, a while is 300-1000 years. The US plus Europe emitted about 58% of the CO2 that is currently in the atmosphere.