[nomel]

I think it does matter. My questions is, was their progress in any way related to the treaty, or would it have happened anyways?

[BoredPositron]

Nobody can know and that's why it's interesting to you... arguing in bad faith. Take your unfalsifiable counterfactual challenge and go back to debate club.

[nomel]

Or, we can look at their communicated plans before the Paris agreement...