According to a report by that non-governmental organization, the richest 1% of the world’s population emit twice as much greenhouse gases as the poorest half of the population. 1% of the world
According to a report by that non-governmental organization, the richest 1% of the world’s population emit twice as much greenhouse gases as the poorest half of the population.
The world’s richest 1% emit twice as much greenhouse gases as the poorest half of the population. This observation was made in an Oxfam report. The NGO focused on the period 1990-2015, 25 years in which global CO2 emissions responsible for warming a planet that has already gained more than +1°C since the pre-industrial era, increased by almost 60%.
According to his analysis, “the richest 1% of the population (approximately 63 million people) are responsible for only 15% of their cumulative emissions,” and “double that of the poorest half of the world’s population.” And the richest 10 percent of the world’s population (around 630 million people) is responsible for 52 percent of cumulative CO2 emissions.
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“Over the last 20 to 30 years, the climate crisis has intensified and the limited global carbon budget has been wasted in the service of intensifying consumption by the rich instead of lifting people out of poverty,” he says. oxfam. And the groups that “suffer the most from this injustice are the least responsible for the climate crisis”: the poorest and future generations, continues the NGO.
“These figures are contrary to accepted ideas, and in particular to the one according to which the increase in emissions is due solely to China, India and the development of the middle class,” analyzes MondeArmelle The Count, head of climate affairs at Oxfam. France. .
The reaction of former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Oxfam is calling on governments around the world to fix this by putting social justice and the fight against climate change at the center of post-Covid economic recovery plans. “It is clear that the model of economic growth of carbon emitters, which has been very uneven in the last 20-30 years, has not benefited the poorest half of humanity,” said Tim Gore, an expert with the NGO. “It is a false dichotomy to suggest that we have to choose between economic growth and the climate,” he added.
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“The Covid-19 pandemic inevitably points to the need to build back better and put the global economy on a path that is fairer, more sustainable and more resilient,” former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon responded to the report. . “This collective obligation must prioritize the reduction of CO2 emissions from the marginal sectors of the richest society, who pollute disproportionately,” he said.
Date updated: October 1, 2020, 00:58
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