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Post by Bentley on Nov 20, 2023 19:24:27 GMT
apple.news/AmvEYbfOaRWe8hb8tWH1keQThe richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid 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.
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Post by Ripley on Nov 20, 2023 19:41:22 GMT
apple.news/AmvEYbfOaRWe8hb8tWH1keQThe richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid 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. I know this is a serious topic but I had to laugh at the inference that earning US $140,000 (£112,500) a year puts one in an elite group with millionaires and billionaires. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 20, 2023 20:17:53 GMT
apple.news/AmvEYbfOaRWe8hb8tWH1keQThe richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid 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. |
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Post by Bentley on Nov 20, 2023 20:27:40 GMT
apple.news/AmvEYbfOaRWe8hb8tWH1keQThe richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid 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. St Greta of Thunberg ( otherwise known as the doom gremlin ) will be pointing out their hypocrisy in due course . Or maybe not . |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 20, 2023 22:45:25 GMT
apple.news/AmvEYbfOaRWe8hb8tWH1keQThe richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says. The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid 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. I know this is a serious topic but I had to laugh at the inference that earning US $140,000 (£112,500) a year puts one in an elite group with millionaires and billionaires. Just for info - if you earn over £40k a year for an individual, then yes, you are in the top 1% |
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Post by Ripley on Nov 21, 2023 0:06:14 GMT
I know this is a serious topic but I had to laugh at the inference that earning US $140,000 (£112,500) a year puts one in an elite group with millionaires and billionaires. Just for info - if you earn over £40k a year for an individual, then yes, you are in the top 1% That's not what I read. According to this calculator, an income of £100,00.00 (in 2022) puts someone in the top 4%. To be in the top 1% would require an income in excess of that. www.uktaxcalculators.co.uk/tax-news/2019/12/10/check-your-income-percentile-with-this-calculator/ |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 21, 2023 7:50:46 GMT
the top 1% in the world - obviously individual countries will have different thresholds. |
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Post by sheepy on Nov 21, 2023 9:21:22 GMT
Going to war with the 1% never seems to work out that well, they are usually in the position they are because of self-preservation and the money to keep it that way. If it comes down to them and you, you might find things may well get a little tricky, they don't mind being hypocrites either way.
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