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by alephnerd 44 days ago
They can't though. None of the participants hold cards that can convince the US, China, or India otherwise, as those 3 also represent around 42% of the global economy [0].

Additionally, other major polluters like ASEAN (Indonesia, Vietnam, Phillipines, Malaysia), Russia, the GCC (Saudi Arabia, UAE), and Turkiye turned down the invitation.

[0] - https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/OEMDC/ADVE...