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The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world's poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Sunday by the nonprofit Oxfam International.
While fighting the climate crisis is a shared challenge, not everyone is equally responsible and government policies must be tailored accordingly, Max Lawson, who co-authored the report, told AFP.
Within country analyses also painted very stark pictures.
For example, in France, the richest one percent emit as much carbon in one year as the poorest 50 percent in 10 years.
Excluding the carbon associated with his investments, Bernard Arnault, the billionaire founder of Louis Vuitton and richest man in France, has a footprint 1,270 times greater than that of the average Frenchman.
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https://phys.org/news/2023-11-world-...on-bottom.html
But, but, but I thought if I recycle and take out another mortgage to buy an EV that I am really helping the planet!
Shocker, I know that the same people who fly to climate change summits with their private jets and tell the rest of the world how we should live are actually the ones making this mess worse to begin with.