New modeling research shows that the 10% of the richest people on the planet are fuelled by two-thirds of the warming since 1990.
Only the top 1 percent are responsible for a fifth of global warming by investing in sectors such as fossil fuels that drive emissions, as well as using more energy.
This study shows how the world’s wealthiest countries, particularly in poor countries, fuels bad weather around the world. Compared to the average, we see that the world’s richest 1% contribute 26 times more to global extreme heat, and 17 times more to Amazon’s drought.
the studyIt is published in Natural climate changeadds to ever-increasing work that links emissions to extreme weather. That continues recently paper in Nature This argues that climate science has evolved to the point where certain companies can now be legally liable for damages caused by climate change. To test that proposition, the author estimates that Chevron alone is responsible for losses of up to $3.6 trillion from more extreme heat around the world.
“Is it possible to sue someone to damage the climate?” they write. “We argue that scientific cases of climate responsibility are closed.”
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US aid cuts are stricken at global conservation projects
