[drekk]

And so countries like the UK, US, Germany, France, etc. that subsidized their own national industrialization projects at the cost of global externalities should help "developing" countries industrialize without the interim step of burning fossil fuels.

It's interesting how all the greatest historical contributions belong to imperial nations, many of which still have colonies (looking at France and the US in particular). Even more interesting how the "developing" nations used to be colonies, like India.

Even if the current situation could be described entirely as India's fault, how culpable do you find the average citizen? Do you think they deserve to die in wet bulb temperatures, children and elderly included, because India (the nation) is industrializing the same way every other nation did? I don't understand the point of your comment. It's completely tone deaf.