{"id":"1794531584968-news-segment","slug":"china-india-lead-emissions-growth","title":"China, India lead emissions growth","summary":"COP31 is indeed being held in Antalya, and leaders/UN officials are pushing climate finance and a transition away from fossil fuels, while several major economies did not send top leaders. However, the available summit coverage does not support the claim that leaders are pushing “new global taxes on fossil fuel producers.”\n\nWorld leaders at COP31 in Antalya did warn that the climate crisis is outpacing action, with the UN chief saying the “brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us.” The US was absent, and China's Xi Jinping did not attend the leaders' summit.\n\nThe CO2 emissions increase ranking from 2000–2023 is consistent with U.S. EIA data: China up about 8.7 billion tonnes, India up about 1.9 billion tonnes, followed by Indonesia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.\n\nUS-mediated Ukraine-Russia talks did begin Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, and the only tangible result reported from that round was a large-scale prisoner swap, with no breakthrough on a ceasefire.","publishedAt":"2026-11-13T00:59:44.968Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"MISLEADING","notes":"MISLEADING: COP31 is indeed being held in Antalya, and leaders/UN officials are pushing climate finance and a transition away from fossil fuels, while several major economies did not send top leaders. However, the available summit coverage does not support the claim that leaders are pushing “new global taxes on fossil fuel producers.”\nSource: [dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/can-global-leaders-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate/a-79918744), [climatechangenews.com](https://www.climatechange (https://x.com/WatchtowerEarth/status/2120842466643558799)\n\nTRUE: World leaders at COP31 in Antalya did warn that the climate crisis is outpacing action, with the UN chief saying the “brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us.” The US was absent, and China's Xi Jinping did not attend the leaders' summit.\nSource: [dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/can-global-leaders-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate/a-79918744), [theclimatewatch.com](https://theclimatewatch.com (https://x.com/WorldInMinute/status/2120569832328589811)\n\nTRUE: The CO2 emissions increase ranking from 2000–2023 is consistent with U.S. EIA data: China up about 8.7 billion tonnes, India up about 1.9 billion tonnes, followed by Indonesia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.\nSource: U.S. Energy Information Administration (US EIA) NAMES: CO2 = carbon dioxide. (https://x.com/measuredworld/status/2120818902443647172)\n\nTRUE: US-mediated Ukraine-Russia talks did begin Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, and the only tangible result reported from that round was a large-scale prisoner swap, with no breakthrough on a ceasefire.\nSource: [euronews.com](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/12/from-abu-dhabi-to-dublin-via-moscow-peace-talks-and-a-row-over-who-speaks-for-europe) NAMES: Abu Dhabi = capi (https://x.com/WarOsintFELLA/status/2120479638153503088)","claims":[{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"COP31 is indeed being held in Antalya, and leaders/UN officials are pushing climate finance and a transition away from fossil fuels, while several major economies did not send top leaders. However, the available summit coverage does not support the claim that leaders are pushing “new global taxes on fossil fuel producers.”","sourceName":"[dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/can-global-leaders-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate/a-79918744), [climatechangenews.com](https://www.climatechange","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/WatchtowerEarth/status/2120842466643558799","claim":"2 of 3 Signals - The COP31 Climate Summit (Antalya). The official line: World leaders and UN agencies are pushing \"just transition\" funds and new global taxes on fossil fuel producers, even as major leaders (US, China, India, Germany, France) skip the summit #propaganda #global","author":"TheWatcher (@WatchtowerEarth)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"World leaders at COP31 in Antalya did warn that the climate crisis is outpacing action, with the UN chief saying the “brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us.” The US was absent, and China's Xi Jinping did not attend the leaders' summit.","sourceName":"[dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/can-global-leaders-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate/a-79918744), [theclimatewatch.com](https://theclimatewatch.com","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/WorldInMinute/status/2120569832328589811","claim":"AS REVEALED: 🌍World leaders have called for urgent climate action at COP31 in Turkey, warning that rising temperatures, floods and extreme heat are threatening vulnerable countries. The absence of leaders from the US, China and India has raised concerns. Source: @AP https://t.co","author":"World In Minutes (@WorldInMinute)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The CO2 emissions increase ranking from 2000–2023 is consistent with U.S. EIA data: China up about 8.7 billion tonnes, India up about 1.9 billion tonnes, followed by Indonesia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.","sourceName":"U.S. Energy Information Administration (US EIA) NAMES: CO2 = carbon dioxide.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/measuredworld/status/2120818902443647172","claim":"World leaders are at COP31 in Antalya this week. Where CO2 from energy has risen most since 2000: Change in CO2 emissions, 2000 to 2023 (million tonnes) 1. 🇨🇳 China: +8,713 2. 🇮🇳 India: +1,935 3. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: +574 4. 🇮🇷 Iran: +521 5. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: +367 Source: US EI","author":"Measured World (@measuredworld)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"US-mediated Ukraine-Russia talks did begin Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, and the only tangible result reported from that round was a large-scale prisoner swap, with no breakthrough on a ceasefire.","sourceName":"[euronews.com](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/12/from-abu-dhabi-to-dublin-via-moscow-peace-talks-and-a-row-over-who-speaks-for-europe) NAMES: Abu Dhabi = capi","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/WarOsintFELLA/status/2120479638153503088","claim":"Ukraine Russia Update 4: US-mediated talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war began Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This marks the first such meeting since February, with Washington renewing its push for a resolution following Moscow's full-scale invasion nearly five ht","author":"CONFLICT NEWS FELLA (@WarOsintFELLA)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/WatchtowerEarth/status/2120842466643558799","name":"[dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/can-global-leaders-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate/a-79918744), [climatechangenews.com](https://www.climatechange","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"TheWatcher (@WatchtowerEarth)"},{"url":"https://x.com/WorldInMinute/status/2120569832328589811","name":"[dw.com](https://www.dw.com/en/can-global-leaders-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate/a-79918744), [theclimatewatch.com](https://theclimatewatch.com","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"World In Minutes (@WorldInMinute)"},{"url":"https://x.com/measuredworld/status/2120818902443647172","name":"U.S. Energy Information Administration (US EIA) NAMES: CO2 = carbon dioxide.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Measured World (@measuredworld)"},{"url":"https://x.com/WarOsintFELLA/status/2120479638153503088","name":"[euronews.com](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/12/from-abu-dhabi-to-dublin-via-moscow-peace-talks-and-a-row-over-who-speaks-for-europe) NAMES: Abu Dhabi = capi","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"CONFLICT NEWS FELLA (@WarOsintFELLA)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794531584968-news-segment-china-india-lead-emissions-growth","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794531584968-news-segment-china-india-lead-emissions-growth","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794531584968-news-segment-china-india-lead-emissions-growth and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"A data post on X lays out where carbon dioxide emissions have grown most since 2000."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And it's not the United States. China added eight point seven billion tonnes, India almost two billion."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Measured World posted the ranking on X from US government data. The US and Europe don't even make the top five."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the uncomfortable truth behind the climate fight. New emissions are coming from places that want to grow."},{"host":"Bella","text":"TheWatcher posted on X about new global taxes on fossil fuels. That part isn't in coverage."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Good. A global tax on energy producers would just raise prices for normal people."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The actual proposals are about climate finance—who pays for the transition, not a tax."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine, but the data still says China and India are the problem now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Per person, the United States is still far above both. That's the part the ranking hides."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Oh, come on. China's population is four times bigger. Of course total emissions are higher."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Exactly. Comparing totals without history is misleading."},{"host":"Brian","text":"History doesn't reduce a tonne of carbon emitted now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the countries that built their grids on coal now want developing countries to skip coal entirely."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because that's the only way the planet survives. You can't give everyone a coal pass."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then pay for it. You can't lecture India while refusing to fund its transition."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We already send billions overseas. Where does it go?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Adaptation money. Flood barriers, drought-resistant crops. Not luxury handouts."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that will stop China's eight billion tonnes?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"China is installing more solar and wind than any country. The transition is happening."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And still burning more coal every year. That's the problem."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They also need base load power to lift people out of poverty."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So they get to use coal while we shut ours down? That's the double standard."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The double standard is ours. We used coal for a century and now call it dirty."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because now we know what it does. Knowledge changes responsibility."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Does it change ability to pay? India's per capita income is a fraction of ours."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Then let the historical emitters fund it. That's my point."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the finance pot is still nowhere near what was promised."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Maybe because the finance talks are a shakedown."},{"host":"Bella","text":"A shakedown? Climate change is already displacing people."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Then fix the dams and irrigation, not some global tax."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the tax wasn't real. You're arguing with a fake."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I conceded that. I'm arguing with sending money without conditions."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Conditions set by whom? The same countries that caused the mess?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's realpolitik. Donors get a say."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fine, but don't call it climate justice. Call it leverage."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I can live with that."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meanwhile, a different kind of shock in Europe. Poland's prime minister is calling the Krakow shooting an act of terrorism."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Nathan Elledge's briefing on X paired it with other claims. The confirmed facts are the deadly attack and the prime minister's words."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's serious enough. What else was in that briefing?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Unverified claims about EU flags at half-mast and other leaders. Those weren't in the sources I saw."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's how bad information spreads—real tragedy wrapped in guesswork."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And it matters here because if it's terrorism, Poland's entire security posture changes."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which is why we keep it clean. The confirmed story: a deadly attack, a prime minister calling it terrorism."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the rest of Europe is watching, because terrorism in one EU country crosses borders."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the thread we'll keep pulling, but without the unsourced extras."}]}