Inequality Worsens Planetary Heating

Inequality worsens Planetary heating

The accumulation of still growing greenhouse gas emissions in an increasingly unequal world is accelerating planetary heating. This is worsening inequalities, both nationally and internationally.

Inequality Worsens Planetary Heating

By Jomo Kwame SundaramKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 12 2025 (IPS) The accumulation of still growing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in an increasingly unequal world is accelerating planetary heating. It is also worsening disparities, especially between the rich and others, both nationally and internationally. Unequal emissions In our grossly unequal world, international disparities account for two-thirds of overall income inequalities. National inc…