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We shouldn't be found wanting and can do more, as is we are among the few doing the most.

Europe and North America are the leaders in cutting carbon and that is only accelerating.

The carbon behemoth of Asia is where the crisis is, 5 years ago they passed North America in cumulative carbon output, in the early 30s they will pass Europe added on top, every thing since 1750 for the West and Asia will equal it by 2030s, from next to nothing and they are only picking up speed now.

The story of carbon output from 1750 to 2100 globally is going to be a story dominated by Asia.

That's purely down to the scale they operate and the scarcity of environmental concern.

They are going to dwarf the West's impact.

The West can do more but the only battlefield that counts now in climate change is Asia.

In the table of who is best on climate change, even trying and failing marks one as the top tier.

Russia will pivot East and to its south, that's already happening. Same as places like Saudi Arabia are pivoting to more outside Europe and North America.

This was all happening long before the invasion. Much of the world is pushing to a future outside of the West and its obsessions with democracy, human rights, rule of law, global order. They'll still largely be shi7 holes in 10 years time but

They are pulling the rest of us down to meet them, which was always going to happen with globalization, that's economics.

Russian LNG has still been ending up in Europe or replacing European bought volume. Bangladesh was outbid, shallow pockets.

If Bangladesh disappeared under the sea tonight it wouldn't cause any lost sleep in Moscow or much of the world, to be blunt.

Russia have been pivoting to Asia for over a decade now, they have accelerated that with the war.

Will it make them wealthier than they have been over the last 20 years, can't see how. That's not going to stop it continuing though, their blowing up of Nordstream was a clear sign of intent to close the door with the West. In Russia the strategy is called the Turn to East. It's a doctrinal policy that became more urgent in 2014 after Crimea, the loyal hound Angela wasn't always going to be there, it also was based on economic reality, most of Western Europe has had really poor growth since 2007.

It's now their main focus

OPEC gave them some real solidarity recently at the last meeting and that was an effort led by MBS as a calculated insult to America and Europe, it's going to have a large impact on inflation.

Gas to Europe was only a fraction of the oil Money to Russia. Oil is the be all of their economy. That's taken significant shifts East this year and plans in place for more long term.

It could take them 20 years, it may not work out but the economic future of the world is Asian, they have opened up new trade with emerging markets, are at risk of being an economic offshoot of India and especially China but he doesn't mind. He is not alone in that, economic relations between regional economies in Asia are rapidly developing and often to the exclusion of the West.

He is willing to damage Russia as long as he can damage Europe as well.

Tldr: Who isn't pivoting to the East? It's where economic growth will be concentrated for the next 30 years at least. If Russia was exceptionally close politically to Western Europe, it would still be pivoting hard to the East.

Do you not think that direct Russia EU trade is largely finished?