RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down110cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.worldfinance@beehaw.orgeconomics@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.org
arrow-up1402arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipnews@beehaw.orgworld@lemmy.worldfinance@beehaw.orgeconomics@lemmy.mlenvironment@beehaw.org
minus-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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%.
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%.