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World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam (2015) (slrpnk.net)
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/worlds-richest-10-produce-half-of-global-carbon-emissions-says-oxfam

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[-] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, this is true.

From the actual report:

The richest 10% (around 630 million people) accounted for 46% of the total emissions growth – only marginally less than the 49% contributed by the middle 40%. The poorest 50% barely increased their consumption emissions at all.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-top-countries-by-wealth-per-person/

Adding up the top 10 countries' populations doesn't even reach 630 million.

People will probably use this to say that the top 10% need to pay for taxes and be held accountable, without realizing they're probably in that 10%.

I'd actually like to see the 10% broken down even further.

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