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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

1% of world?

If you earn $60,000 a year after tax and you don't have kids, you're in the richest 1 percent of the world's population. If you have a household income of $130,000 after tax and you've got a partner and one kid, you're also in the richest 1 percent.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/15/23874111/charity-philanthropy-americans-global-rich

[-] Saizaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

I mean if you had bothered to open the article, it's in the 2nd paragraph:

The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year

[-] agarorn@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Why do these articles always mix up wealth and income?

You needed 800k$ in 2018 to be part of the 1% wealthiest.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/01/how-much-money-you-need-to-be-part-of-the-1-percent-worldwide.html

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did, that continues as:

more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year, accounted for 16% of all CO2 emissions in 2019 – enough to cause more than a million excess deaths due to heat, according to the report.

Which is not the same as the headline.

[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Top 1% does 16%, bottom 66% does 16%, middle 33% does 68%.

On a per-capita basis, the top 1% is 8x worse than the middle 33% and 66x worse than the bottom 66%.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Not having kids affects how rich you are ?

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Less kids means less money spent and more money saved in the long run, so yeah.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

So kids have négative value?

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Depending on who you ask, yes.

[-] Sagifurius@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

absolutely irrelevant and disingenuous using local income on a global scale. Dude making 130, 000 in Vancouver these days is a broke motherfucker (before tax)

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