Global carbon pollution dropped this year ever so slightly, but it's more because of oil shocks reverberating from the Iran war than anything the world has done to fight climate
In 2024, prediction markets had not granted a high probability to the prospect of “Will see global reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in next two years due to combined actions of petrostate Iran and ‘drill, baby, drill’-campaign-slogan President Trump.”
Let’s be honest - it was a team effort. They aren’t doing this out of the kindness of their hearts.
In 2024, prediction markets had not granted a high probability to the prospect of “Will see global reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in next two years due to combined actions of petrostate Iran and ‘drill, baby, drill’-campaign-slogan President Trump.”