Duterte is thought leader? Dubious distinction?

This was pure braggadocio. We are way down in the list of polluters, ranked 39th. Our neighbor Indonesia is the 13th biggest polluter, while Malaysia is 28th and Vietnam 31st. We contribute only 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions, yet we pledged to reduce that by 70 percent.

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