Blowing In the Wind?

In terms of its 'greenhouse gas' emissions, the US is currently in second place, behind the Chinese. Historically, however, the US tops the charts. A study at Dartmouth College has estimated that US emissions have caused $1.9tn of damage to other countries (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/12/us-carbon-emissions-greenhouse-gases-climate-crisis). The US emissions-driven damage, has mostly fallen on poorer countries. It takes the form of heatwaves, crop failures and other consequences. That study also calculated that the top 5 'greenhouse gas' emitters (US, China, Russia, India and Brazil) collectively caused $6tn of damage worldwide. This is equivalent to about 11% of the planet's entire GDP. It's illustrative to note that African counties make the least contribution to 'greenhouse gas' emissions. In spite of this innocence, an analysis of 11 African countries (with a combined population of 350m), reveals that dealing with climate change will further wreck their health care systems. These African countries will have to spend at least 5 times what they spend on health care, inorder to deal with the local effects of the climate crisis (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/13/climate-adaptation-bill-african-countries-dwarf-health-spending ). Things just ain't fair!