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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

1% of world?

If you earn $60,000 a year after tax and you don't have kids, you're in the richest 1 percent of the world's population. If you have a household income of $130,000 after tax and you've got a partner and one kid, you're also in the richest 1 percent.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/15/23874111/charity-philanthropy-americans-global-rich

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean if you had bothered to open the article, it's in the 2nd paragraph:

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I did, that continues as:

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.

Which is not the same as the headline.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Top 1% does 16%, bottom 66% does 16%, middle 33% does 68%.

On a per-capita basis, the top 1% is 8x worse than the middle 33% and 66x worse than the bottom 66%.

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