A recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warming
A recent study has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are responsible for two-thirds of observable climate warming
A new study observes economic patterns related to climate change in order to find the staggering amount of emissions pumped out by the rich.
btw the top 10% is 800 million people so if you're from the west you're more than likely part of that figure.
doesn't mean it's your fault but if you're not actively doing something to prevent it then you are part of the problem..
I cant even afford living, food, public transport, insurance and rent and other bills. So i am not
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According to https://wid.world/world/#tptinc_p90p100_z/US;FR;DE;CN;ZA;GB;WO/last/us/k/x/yearly/t/false/0/200000/curve/false/country , the global 90th percentile income threshold in 2023 is at about $46,7k USD, market xchg rate.
But of course it's likely that if you are from the US your car use and shopping habbits contribute more even if you are below that income level compared to say a European who drives less and buys less.
I have a feeling even the bottom 10% of Europeans are still contributing more than the bottom 10% of someone in India or Botswana. This Wikipedia page says that the average EU citizen contributes 117% of the global average carbon emissions (for comparison Canada is 307% and USA is 285%).
I like to think of it in terms of fault vs responsibility. It’s not our fault, for the most part. But it is our responsibility to do something about it!
I’m hopeful. Renewables are exploding in growth.
I also like to think of it in terms of necessary and sufficient.
Its not sufficient for you to avoid buying petroleum/plastic and animal products, but it is necessary.
Yes a very good point, the carbon footprint of the average Canadian is 10x that of the average Albanian.
I knew they were up to something 🤔
I wanna know how those 2/3rds are divided between those 10%.
Omg whhaat? No way, I'm so totally shocked 😑
It's ironic when you think about human history .... at one point in human development, there was a population bottleneck where there were only a few thousand individuals that we are all descended from. It basically means that we owe our present world to the survival of a few thousand people.
Now it seems our species will die out because of the greed of a small percentage of our population.
We came into being because of a few .... and we will die out because of a few.
That few is still 800 million people. Basically anyone in a developed country.
I think of us as the golden billion. With the consumption still growing, mostly with China's help.
Oh my god you just blew my mind. The US is about 340m people.
Pretty much no serious authority on climate predicts that global warming will lead to human extinction. The collapse of what we know as civilisation, perhaps, and even some kind of mass death event, but our species outright ending? Zero chance. Not to say that those who endure as a relict population upon an overheated, polluted, and scarred Earth will be having a great time or anything
It'll create a new bottleneck for sure, but I expect there to be a few communities built up by the richest of the rich to survive with as much comfortable as possible. A large number of the survivors will be their serfs, essential staff to maintain their comfort in exchange for a chance to survive.
"And don't you feel guilty about that one third?" - the 10%
As a fellow member of these 10%, do you?
What gave you that idea? Your failure to sense the sarcasm?
I remember reading something similar a while back, surely with less data available for the study, but it concluded the same and I'm pretty certain that those 10% know it and don't give a flying fuck.
Chances are, you are part of the 10%
To be considered in the richest 10% of the world population, you would need a net worth of approximately $130,000 (as of late 2024). I don't personally know anybody just sitting on 130k of money and assets. If you are, good for you, but many of us are not.
The chances of an average American being in that group is comparatively high compared to much of the world (around 50%), but still on the "Chances are..." forgone conclusion of your comment
I am not, but i had wrongly the 1% in mind, when i wrote the comment
In the United States, the top 1 percent of households control 80 percent of company assets — the average person reading this has no way of ending the coal industry's devastating reign over Appalachia, for example. That's a decision to be made by shareholders and executives looming over us from the top of the pyramid.
If you make more than about $40,000 per year you are in that top 10% globally
I figured, i had wrongly the 1% in mind