• rgb3x3@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, this is true.

    From the actual report:

    The richest 10% (around 630 million people) accounted for 46% of the total emissions growth – only marginally less than the 49% contributed by the middle 40%. The poorest 50% barely increased their consumption emissions at all.

    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-top-countries-by-wealth-per-person/

    Adding up the top 10 countries’ populations doesn’t even reach 630 million.

    People will probably use this to say that the top 10% need to pay for taxes and be held accountable, without realizing they’re probably in that 10%.

    I’d actually like to see the 10% broken down even further.