Richest Billionaires' Carbon Emissions

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Billionaires Are the One Case Where Personal Choices Can Affect Climate Change

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Oxfam study looked at carbon output of private jets, superyachts, and investments of the world's 50 richest billionaires.

The worldâs billionaires fly 184 times in a single year on average, spending 425 hours in the air.

Oxfam International estimates the average annual carbon footprint of each of these yachts to be 3 times the emissions of the billionairesâ private jets.

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