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> almost all emissions are caused by the richest 10% I found this: https://ourworldindata.org/co2-by-income-region https://ourworldindata.org/co2-by-income-reg
by tom_mellior 7y ago
> almost all emissions are caused by the richest 10%
I found this: https://ourworldindata.org/co2-by-income-region https://ourworldindata.org/co2-by-income-region but it does not talk about individuals, only countries and regions; it finds that "the richest half (high and upper-middle income countries) emit 86 percent of global CO2 emissions". According to the graph, 16% of world population in high-income countries are responsible for 38% of global CO2. The richer 51 of the world population cause 86%. I don't think this squares with your statement, even if both "almost all" and "10%" were hyperbole.