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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I 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.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

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%.