RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down110cross-posted to: socialism@lemmy.mlglobalnews@lemmy.zipnews@hexbear.networld@lemmy.worldfinance@beehaw.orgeconomics@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1404arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: socialism@lemmy.mlglobalnews@lemmy.zipnews@hexbear.networld@lemmy.worldfinance@beehaw.orgeconomics@lemmy.ml
minus-squarezerfuffle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months 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%.