Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime
28 October 2024
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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 grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today. During the past decade, the richest 1 percent had captured around half of all new wealth.