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[–] reddfugee43 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

But with countries like China and India (I know China is trying to clean up, but they have a long way to go), how much can we do?

As certain as westerners are about the hardships of climate change, the hardships of poverty (disease, starvation) are far more real to those in emerging nations. Westerners are far removed from the realities of living on less than 2 dollars a day, and the promise of a climate change disaster is still notional.

You will not convince emerging economies to slow their economic growth.

furthermore focusing on shipping pollution has always seems misguided; there is not more efficient mode of transpiration than shipping. It emits less emissions per ton/mile transported than any other mode of transportation. If you put restrictions on it, more people will start shipping with plane, rail and truck which are more damaging.