Richest 1% in the Middle East and North Africa emit more than twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half of the population
17 July 2025
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Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts.
The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in 2019 than the five billion people who made up the poorest two-thirds of humanity, reveals a new Oxfam report today. It comes ahead of the UN climate summit in Dubai, amid growing fears that the 1.5°C target for curtailing rising temperatures appears increasingly unachievable.
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