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Head of inequality policy at Oxfam. Co- Chair, Peoples Vaccine alliance. @peoplesvaccine. Co-host @EQUALShope podcast. Tweets mine and my personal opinion.
Jan 18, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
My favourite charts from this year's Oxfam Davos report, Survival of the Richest. 1/9 Over the last decade, the richest 1% captured half of all new wealth. Since the beginning of the 2020's, this has accelerated to almost two thirds. 2/9
Sep 10, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Climate change is a class issue not a country issue. In every society, the richest 10% are destroying our planet with abandon. 1/5 One of the most striking results shown in Figure 6.6 is the reduction in the emissions of about 15-20% of the world population, which largely corresponds to the working and middle classes in rich countries who have reduced their emissions over the past 30 years. 2/5