RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]globalnews[email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]globalnews[email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·edit-27 months 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-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months 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%.