Lol internet a predominantly American innovation. World Wide Web is, by definition, well, world-wide (and while the earliest networks started in the US, WWW originates from CERN, a European, international organization).

Couldn’t they put on the light in the “dark factories” to show the executive what is going? Just for a moment, I am sure they do have lights there for maintenance.

Cutting red tape, huh?

And you don’t even want to look at the USA, the world’s second-biggest emitter (China, USA, India, EU, Russia (probably EU level by now) and so it goes… But historically you get US, EU, China, Russia, UK, etc.)

Current: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions#Cumulative_fossil_CO2_emissions_1970-2023_vs._fossil_CO2_emissions_2023 Historical (the graph on top still shows EU with the UK, but you can look at the table in the interactive graph below, and you have EU 27 there): https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2

Nevertheless, the way ahead matters, even if all don’t meet the 1.5C target. <3C (EU), <4C (China), or 4C+ make huge difference. The historical data should be rather a warning of what happens if we do not help developing countries kick-off more sustainably, and with less fossils, from the start. And less of an allowance to pollute more on the way ahead.

One correction: “The Socialist-led government in Stockholm” was actually Social-Democrats. If they say “Socialist”, one would expect “Vänster” (ofically “Vänsterpartiet”, “The Left Party”).

But that’s a detail. Good article.

EU countries should do the same