ZeroHedge: Et overblik over The One-Percent’s store aftryk

I en ny artikel skriver ZeroHedge, at verdens rigeste ti procent er ansvarlige for en anslået andel på 47 procent af den globale CO2-udledning. Dette er resultatet af en nylig undersøgelse offentliggjort i tidsskriftet Nature Sustainability, som fokuserede på, hvordan afhjælpning af fattigdom på verdensplan ville påvirke kulstofemissioner. Som Statistas Florian Zandt viser i diagrammet nedenfor, viser forskellen mellem de fattigste og rigeste mennesker sig ikke kun deres emissionsandel.

I gennemsnit producerer en person, der er registreret under den lavere indkomstgruppe på 50 procent, kun omkring et ton CO2 om året sammenlignet med omkring 48 tons kuldioxid pr. indbygger, der udledes af den rigeste procent.

Hertil skriver de:

Of course, the results are different depending on the region. In Europe, for example, the bottom 50 percent had a higher estimated share of total emissions than the top ten percent, while the top one percent in Sub-Saharan Africa induced more carbon emissions than the bottom 50 percent.

While combating poverty around the world would entail a coordinated effort and logistical challenges, its effects on global warming would be minimal according to the study. Lifting more than one billion people above the poverty line under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1 would only raise the estimated global CO2 output by roughly two percent, even though carbon emissions in low to lower-middle income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa could potentially double.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/visualizing-one-percents-huge-carbon-footprint