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The richest 1% of people produce more than twice the CO₂ than the literal billions who make up the poorest half of humanity.
Between 1990 and 2015, humanity doubled the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere.
Over half of that came from the richest 10% of people.
A bit under a 5th came from the richest 1%.
The increase in emissions from the wealthy were over 3 times that of the world's poorest.
Source: Oxfam Report
Confronting Carbon Inequality: Putting climate justice at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery
https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/handle/10546/621052
Sorry, small correction. I meant to type that a bit under a 6th came from the richest 1%.
Still though.
@InvaderXan but the richest countries do recycling! and buy organic!
@InvaderXan i had to hunt for this so i figure it'll be useful to other people too, top 10% income and investments in 2018 in the USA was $184k, top 1% was $475k. top 1% combined income and investments earnings worldwide in 2017 was 744k usd.
@InvaderXan cw capitalism please
I need at least one cup of tea before I can properly confront how screwed we are in the morning
@InvaderXan in today's episode of O RLY