A report says that the richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency.
The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people, including billionaires, millionaires and those paid more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year, accounted for 16% of all CO2 emissions in 2019 – enough to cause more than a million excess deaths due to heat, according to the report.
The report further finds that it would take about 1,500 years for someone in the bottom 99% to produce as much carbon in a year as the richest billionaires. Read More
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