In my opinion its more likely that the lower income 50% of the world increases their wealth and standard of living over the next few decades, increasing their GHG output than the top 1% or 10% decreasing their GHG output materially.
I am not saying we should not try to be carbon conscious in our day to day lives, but to me there is no feasible outcome that doesn't see world temperatures continue to rise. Rather than governments taxing (ordinary) people in order to provide rebates on EVs (for wealthy people, at least so far) for example, they should be using tax revenue to prepare for the inevitable climate related disasters.
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