Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution
Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution
journals.plos.org Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance
Current policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase adaptation and mitigation funding are insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. It is clear that further action is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and achieve a just climate future. Here, we offe...
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It’s less bad than I expected, but I am worried about the trend. If you check it the article you see there’s a graph in absolute numbers, and the absolute emissions for the top two brackets seem to be increasing while all the others are decreasing.
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