Richest 1%'s High Carbon Emissions

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Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam

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World's richest 1% carbon emissions are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, Oxfam report finds.

Consumption of the world’s wealthiest people is also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C.

Oxfam calls on governments to tax the super-rich in order to curtail excessive consumption.

The report stresses the need to address the climate and inequality crises alongside carbon taxes on high-emitting industries, higher income taxes on the super-rich and restrictions on the use of private jets and luxury yachts.

The wealthiest 1% produce as much carbon pollution as the 5 billion people who make up the poorest and most vulnerable two-thirds of the human population.

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