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It basicly comes from the ironic opposite of the "why would we not increase emissions, when all the rich countries have high emissions", which is used in poorer countries. It basicly boils down to, "why should we reduce emissions, when poor countries just increase theirs and emissions globally stay the same or even increase. There is some truth to the argument, as both Europe and the US have actually reduced emissions and most of the emissions growth comes from poor countries growing their economy and with it energy consumption including fossil fuels. Welcome to fossil fuel PR.