Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance
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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Binning households into income groups, we estimate the highest earning 30% of households are responsible for about 70% of income-based NE while the lowest earning 70% are responsible for only about 30% NE.
Says it all, really. The wealthy disproportionately command an overwhelming amount of wealth generated, and also overwhelmingly are responsible for carbon emissions (70%, despite making up only 30% of the population). But let's talk about skipping a meal and not using plastic straws, and how this is all an individual effort instead of a class struggle. /s
Climate change is the newer equivalent of wealthy groups dumping toxic waste near poor neighborhoods. The wealthy will be able to safe guard against a lot of the damage to themselves (but not all; they are still doing the equivalent of sitting in a car and letting it run with the garage door closed). The working class? Not so much.