@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down111cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.worldeconomics@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.org
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.com@RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.worldeconomics@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.org
minus-squareBarqsHasBitelinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoI 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.
minus-square@zerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilink8•1 year agoTop 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%.
I did, that continues as:
Which is not the same as the headline.
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%.