Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries - Nature Climate Change
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Existing studies show carbon footprint inequality between and within countries, but awareness of this inequality is unclear. This study finds widespread underestimation of carbon footprint inequality and its associations with climate policy support and perceived fairness.
  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    7 days ago

    This is really the part, that shows how insanely bad the rich are for the planet:

    country bottom 50% top 10% top 1% country average
    Denmark 6.0 tCO2-eq. 29.7 tCO2-eq. 93.1 tCO2-eq. 10.9 tCO2-eq.
    India 1.0 tCO2-eq. 8.8 tCO2-eq. 32.4 tCO2-eq. 2.2 tCO2-eq.
    Nigeria 0.9 tCO2-eq. 4.4 tCO2-eq. 9.2 tCO2-eq. 1.6 tCO2-eq.
    USA 9.7 tCO2-eq. 74.7 tCO2-eq. 269.3 tCO2-eq. 21.1 tCO2-eq.