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World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam (2015) (slrpnk.net)
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/worlds-richest-10-produce-half-of-global-carbon-emissions-says-oxfam

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[โ€“] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

Edit: Note that this article is over 8 years old.

I had to look it up, but In 2021 the top 10% were earning about $120K/year.

Also, the guardian misrepresented the study in their title. The study is about "lifestyle emissions" The top 10% don't produce 50% of all global emissions.

[โ€“] StarsWebWine@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That top 10 percent figure is for USA. This is talking about world wide, so likely the top 10 percent is for a lot of people in the USA, and other western countries....There are a lot of people in 3rd world countries that don't contribute any emissions compared to the average low income person in a western country.

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