The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1%
Friday 03 Mar 2023
CO2 emissions are highly unequal across income groups and regions.
Wealth, energy use, and the consumption of goods and services are unevenly distributed across the world. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are no exception. Emissions vary across countries and across generations, but even more so across income groups.
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