UN climate chief: Communism is best to fight global warming

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This thread lacks some nuance.

Yes, China is undoubtedly one of the filthiest boys in the class. For most of its modern history, China has not paid any attention at all to the environment. They have polluted rivers, the air, their land and their people without any regard for the long term consequences, instead caring only about the short term material advancement of their people, particularly forcing through an industrialization process as well as increasing agricultural produce with the aim of self-sufficiency. The communist regime has seen enlightening the backwards farmer as well as ending China's historical hunger problem as their number one priority.

This, however, is not what the person in the OP refers to. China swaps out its entire leadership at irregular intervals, and it is the effects of one such change she refers to. China's leadership consists of almost exclusively engineers. There are no people with business or communications degrees in the Chinese leadership, nor is there much of a military presence. This has changed the attitude of the Chinese leadership. Unlike western politicians, the Chinese politicians simply do not question a scientist. They have a hefty respect for scientific authority, and do not question it like ours do.

"Global warming is a myth!", "The green lobby is looking to enrich themselves at the expense of the taxpayer!", "The world is getting colder, not warmer!" and such related nonsensical statements are regularly heard from our members of parliament. Unthinkable statements in China. The gap in attitude between west and east is enormous.

Does this mean China is leading the race for green policies? Nope. They have changed their attitude, but they have not as of yet changed their actions. China is still the filthy boy in the class. The new attitude has not been converted into new practices. Yet.

There is hope that they will convert their attitude into actual politics, and it is this hope the woman in the OP refers. She's jumping the ball quite a bit, but the situation is a bloody lot more nuanced than some of the posters here are letting on.