Super Rich Contributing 400 Times More to Climate Change than Poor: Oxfam
Oxfam says 1,101 private jet flights in one month produced 7,830 tonnes of carbon dioxide, as it urged a levy 10 times higher than current rates.
- Oxfam released its 'Disaster Divide' report ahead of next month's COP31 UN climate summit in Turkey, detailing how extreme wealth drives climate breakdown and disproportionately harms the poorest.
- Globally, the richest 1 per cent are responsible for 20 per cent of warming since 1990, generating around 100 times more emissions per person than the poorest half of humanity.
- Between July 15 and August 15, 1,101 private jet flights generated 7,830 tonnes of CO2 in Scotland while Cairngorms communities battled wildfires, leading Oxfam Scotland to describe the aircraft as 'airborne taxis.'
- Oxfam Scotland is urging Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth to set a new private jet levy at least 10 times higher than the current Higher Rate, with The Scottish Government confirming an April 2028 start.
- By 2050, emissions from the richest 1 per cent will cause nearly $53 trillion in extreme weather damage, while climate-driven disasters are expected to force around 1 billion people from their homes.
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Private jets and climate-damaging investments are putting a massive strain on the climate. A new report shows why Oxfam demands higher taxes.
Super rich contributing 400 times more to climate change than poor: Oxfam
The world’s wealthiest 0.1 percent, a group of 8 million people, emit more CO2 than nearly half of the global population. One super-rich person contributes nearly 400 times more to the current extreme weather conditions than someone from the poorest 50 percent of the global population. And while they are causing climate-related disasters, they are also increasingly profiting from them, Oxfam said in a report published on Tuesday.
Ultra-rich individuals contribute nearly 400 times more to today's extreme heat waves than those in the poorest half of global population
According to the international confederation of organizations against poverty and inequality, the richest 0.1 percent equals eight million people and each of them contributed almost 400 times more to the current extreme heat waves than anyone belonging to the poorest 50 percent of humanity.
The world's richest 0.1%, or 8 million people, generate more carbon emissions than the world's poorest 44%, or 3.5 billion people, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the NGO Oxfam. ...
Only 250,000 people worldwide use private jets – “The super-rich are leading the world to climate collapse,” the organization complains
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