Calls for 'Sky High' Tax on Private Jets as Thousands Flew While Cairngorms Blazed
- 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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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
Intermon points out that climate catastrophes “have become an increasingly lucrative business.”
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Noticias ao MinutoEach of the eight million richest people issues almost 400 times more than anyone in the poorest 50%. Oxfam wants wealth and luxury taxes discussed at COP31.
According to Oxfam, private jets generated more CO2 in two seconds in 2025 than a person from the poorer half of the world all year round. The development organization demands higher taxes for super rich people.
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