[TheBruceHimself]

On the flip side is really fair for a nation to claim their emissions aren't their responsibility because it was due to the production of exported goods? Would we accept that line from Germany if they decided to keep a coal plant open. "Oh, that's not our CO2, it's all going to make cars for China. It's their CO2". A little ubsurd when Germany gets rich off the sale. All the profit, none of the responsbility. If china wants to make our stuff I only think it's fair that they are responsible for the pollution caused by the production.

If anything else this narrative "exported CO2" muddies the water and makes it harder to hold nations to account. A basic "emissions in your borders are your responsibility to handle and reduce" is easy to understand, hard to game, and avoids this all devolving into CO2 accounting tricks.