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[Ticker] Report: emissions of richest 1% incompatible with Paris deal

Added: 10.11.2021 19:36 | 311 views | 0 comments

Source: metro.co.uk
Source: metro.co.uk

A report on Friday found the carbon footprint of the richest one percent of the population is 30 times bigger than the level compatible with the Paris Agreement 1.5-degrees goal. They are set to account for 16 percent of global emissions by 2030. "The emissions from a single billionaire space flight would exceed the lifetime emissions of someone in the poorest billion people on Earth," said Nafkote Dabi from Oxfam.

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