The extremely wealthy just don't care [View all]
They are burning carbon like there is no tomorrow while having a large say in how we will cut emissions into the atmosphere/
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
The data, produced by Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute ahead of the Cop30 climate summit, highlights the chasm between the carbon-guzzling rich, who are most responsible for the climate crisis, and the heat-vulnerable poor, who suffer the worst consequences.
At one end, the wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
At the other, a citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice.
In between, the average for everyone on the planet is 12kg a day, about as heavy as a standard car tyre.
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