'Pollutocrat Day': World's richest emit share of 2025 carbon budget in just 10 days

Stuart Stone
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World's wealthiest one per cent must cut emissions by 97 per cent this decade to bring themselves into line with 1.5C warming budget, Oxfam study calculates

The world's richest one per cent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing the world beyond a 1.5C warming...

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