Also, you might try actually addressing the examples I cited which clearly show that countries leading the charge on RE have experienced decades - long declining emissions rates. (realclimate.org)
Increased efficiency is achieved by means of a longer trading period (8 years instead of 5 years), a robust and annually declining emissions cap (21 % reduction in 2020 compared to 2005) and a substantial increase in the amount of auctioning (from less than 4 % in phase 2 to more than half in phase 3). (ec.europa.eu)
At the Earth Policy Institute, we believe that the United States has ended a century of rising carbon emissions and has now entered a new energy era, one of declining emissions. (treehugger.com)