@pe7erpark3r Yes, the poorest contries' leaders will not care if they are doing good or bad to the enviornment, they're only trying to make sure they keep a roof under their heads and have food (survive) at the end of the day. That is why the richest governments and people will have to give a hand to the climate crisis - They are the ones who, after reached a good and stable economy, will have the sensibility to care for the climate. China is sure on of the clearer examples and, since they (and americans) are the wealthest countries, they are the ones with the power and the experience to bring such tech and habits change to the tone.
As I understood from your words, the civilization growth is paired up with the process of polluting at short term. And, for that, the richest countries would have to invest in the smaller economies in order to they stabalize. But don't you think that with the rapid technological and economical growth, the pit between the poorest and the richest will be deepen? (I set this question because that was one of the things I read in a book from Yuval Noah Harari, among other futurologists..)