When you look at co2 per capita, I'm sad to say it's a bit fair.<p>Even china doesn't emit that much per capita.<p>Reducing emissions will be immensely difficult for the US. It cannot be done without big consequences for the US economy.
My understanding is that there has been little or no statistically significant change in the frequency or intensity of extreme weather events [1].<p>[1] <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02243-9" rel="nofollow">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02...</a>
> “In the 1980s, the country experienced on average one (inflation-adjusted) billion-dollar [extreme weather] event every four months,” the draft report states. “Now, there is one every three weeks, on average.”<p>That is pretty frustrating to read. To what degree do people pining for the '80s not realize they want the '80s climate back :-/