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1/8. š¤ÆAn eye-opening new tracker detailing the flight emissionsāļøof the #SuperRich has been created by Akash Shendure a high school senior from Seattle in the U.S! But how do the emissions of the 1% relate to #LossAndDamage from the #ClimateCrisis?
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2/8. šAlthough there are many ways to measure responsibility for the #ClimateCrisis, no matter which way you do it's the richest countriesš, peopleš© and polluting industriesš that come out on top. š
3/8. Between 1990 and 2015 the proportional #CO2 emission of the richest 1% of the world's population were 15%, whilst in the same period the richest 10% accounted for 52%.
šSource: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/coā¦
šSource: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/coā¦
I donāt suppose youāve ever made a mistake?
āWhy would you ask that?ā
Because Iāve just made one.
āAh, I seeā¦ And you donāt like making mistakes, do you?ā
No.
āWant to tell me?ā
No.
āAre you sure?ā
Iām sure.
1/35
#mistake
#enemies
āWhy would you ask that?ā
Because Iāve just made one.
āAh, I seeā¦ And you donāt like making mistakes, do you?ā
No.
āWant to tell me?ā
No.
āAre you sure?ā
Iām sure.
1/35
#mistake
#enemies
Itāsā¦
Itās something you said.
You made me realise something.
āIām sorry. I wouldnāt have intendedāā
You said, āIs it ethical to have so many enemies? Is it ethical to see so many people as āenemies of the peopleā?ā
āI said thatābut that doesnāt meanā ā
But you were right.
2/35
Itās something you said.
You made me realise something.
āIām sorry. I wouldnāt have intendedāā
You said, āIs it ethical to have so many enemies? Is it ethical to see so many people as āenemies of the peopleā?ā
āI said thatābut that doesnāt meanā ā
But you were right.
2/35
#Coronavirus #SuperRich #Rich #Poor #STATISTICS
The pandemic has worsened inequality, as the world's richest have made massive gains while the world's poor have fallen further behind, a new Oxfam report called 'The Inequality Report' finds.
The pandemic has worsened inequality, as the world's richest have made massive gains while the world's poor have fallen further behind, a new Oxfam report called 'The Inequality Report' finds.
During the pandemic, the combined wealth of the world's ten richest men rose by $540 billion. A stock market collapse during the first months of the pandemic saw the ultra-wealthy experience dramatic reductions in their wealth. Nevertheless, that setback was short-lived,
and the fortunes of the top 1,000 billionaires returned to their pre-pandemic highs within nine months. Worldwide, between March 18 and December 31, 2020, the wealth of billionaires increased by $3.9 trillion. Their total wealth is now $11.95 tn,
