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by muhaaa 909 days ago
When UK exported its industry to China and imports the stuff it needs from China then yeah the CO2 emitted in UK halfed. When you add the CO2 emissions happing in China which are related to UK consumption then the number wont be impressive at all.
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> When you add the CO2 emissions happing in China which are related to UK consumption then the number wont be impressive at all.

Consumption-based emissions are also down for the UK from a peak of 750 Mt down to 500 Mt:

* https://ourworldindata.org/consumption-based-co2

33% is still pretty good.

Can you write down what you think the number would be?