Survey of carbon emissions by the world’s top 1% richest people, including the British Guardian
“Equivalent to the emissions of the bottom 66%… Driving climate change imbalance.”
“The emissions of 12 billionaires are greater than the emissions of 4.5 power plants per year.”
CBS reported on the 21st (local time) that a study showed that the richest 1% of people in the world emit as much carbon as the 5 billion poorest people.
According to this report jointly released by the Guardian UK, the international charity Oxfam, and the Stockholm Environment Institute, 16% of global carbon emissions in 2019 were accounted for by the world’s richest 1% (those with an annual income of approximately 180 million won or more). was discharged by This is equivalent to the amount emitted by the poorest 66% of the world, or about 5 billion people.
“It would take about 1,500 years for someone in the bottom 99% to emit as much carbon as a billionaire does in a year,” said Chiara Liguori, Oxfam’s climate policy advisor. “They are disproportionately driving climate change.” He said.
According to the report, the 5.9 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted by the world’s top 1% of wealthy people in 2019 is an amount that can change the global temperature enough to cause the deaths of about 1.3 million people. Additionally, it was analyzed that 12 of the world’s richest billionaires emitted about 17 million tons of carbon dioxide from their homes, transportation, and investments, which is more than operating 4.5 coal power plants for a year.
William Ripple, a professor of ecology at Oregon State University in the U.S., said in an interview with CBS, “Carbon inequality and climate change are closely related. In order to respond to climate change, we need to come up with measures to dramatically reduce inequality in carbon emissions and protect the wealthy.” “We need to provide support and climate compensation to areas that are not covered.”
The United Nations (UN) also expressed concern about carbon inequality. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a press conference on the 20th, “If we do not take any measures, we will not be able to prevent the Earth’s average temperature from rising by 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to before industrialization,” and added, “This result is a betrayal of the vulnerable classes.” did.
Source: Donga
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