According to new research, the world’s richest 1% of the population was responsible for more than half of the world’s poorest half of carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 to 2015.
Carbon dioxide emissions have increased by 60% over a 25-year period, but emissions of the richest 1% have tripled compared to emissions of the poorest half.
The report, compiled by Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute, warns that excessive overconsumption for over-carbon transport and the rich world’s addiction are exhausting the world’s “carbon budget”.
Such a concentration of carbon emissions in the hands of the rich means that despite the world being on the brink of climate catastrophe, through the fuel of burning debris, we still fail to improve the lives of billions, said Tim Gore, head of advocacy policy. And research at Oxfam International.
“The global carbon budget is tangled in expanding the consumption of the already rich rather than improving humanity,” he told the Guardian. “A limited amount of carbon can be added to the atmosphere if we want to avoid the adverse effects of an atmospheric crisis. We need to make sure that carbon is used at its best. “
The study found that the richest 10% of the global population, including about 630 million people, accounted for 52% of global emissions over a 25-year period.
Globally, the richest 10% are those who earn about 35,000 (27,000,000) a year, and the richest 1% are those who earn more than about 100,000.
The UK recorded temperatures above 34C for six consecutive days last week, the longest run since comparative records began in the 1960s.
Millions UK Vasant was the most conscientious man on record as millions of people were locked down inside the house. The series has had more sunshine hours than any other year since it began in 1929, and May was the driest rainy season in more than a century.
February 8 was the wettest rain in the UK so far, with 202.1 mm of rain falling across the country.
July 6 was unusually wet and cold
April In April, meteorologists predict that 2020 will be the warmest year on record in the world.
વર્ષ Last year was the hottest in Europe in terms of records, 11 of the 12 warmest years recorded in the last two decades.
In the heatwave of the Summer Arctic, Siberia has experienced an average temperature of more than 10C this summer, scientists have warned.
Summer Last summer, Arctic sea ice was at its second lowest level on record. This year could break records, and recent research suggests Arctic sea ice will disappear by summer 2035
Antarctica hit a record high of 20.75C in February, which was recorded on Seymour Island by Brazilian scientists at the end of the summer.
• The record was the hottest on earth in the last decade
Carbon dioxide emissions accumulate in the atmosphere, which causes heat, and an increase in temperature above C. levels C. C. causes extensive damage to natural systems from pre-industrial industrial levels. That accumulation gives the world a limited carbon budget of how much carbon dioxide it is safe to produce, which scientists warn will be depleted within a decade of current rates.
If not followed, in the next decade, the world’s richest 10% carbon emissions will be enough to raise the level of the probability of a 1.5 degree rise in temperature, even if it immediately cuts the rest of the world’s emissions to zero. , According to a report on Monday.
Ox Ksafam May has argued that it is inappropriate to continue to allow a richer world to exit on a larger scale than those living in poverty. As the world moves towards renewable energy and phasing out residual fuels, any emissions needed during the transition will be better utilized in efforts to improve the poor’s access to basic amenities.
“The best, morally defensive purpose is for all humanity to live a decent life, but [the carbon budget] Already rich people are used to getting rich, ”Gore said.
He pointed to transportation as a major driver of emissions growth, with people in rich countries showing a growing tendency to drive high-emission cars like SUVs and take more flights. Oxfam wants higher taxes on high-carbon luxuries such as frequent flyer levies, to invest in low-carbon options and improve the poor.
“It’s not about people who have only one family holiday a year, but about people who take long-haul flights every month – that’s a fairly small group of people,” Gore said.
While emissions were temporarily reduced due to the coronavirus crisis, the overall impact on the carbon budget is likely to be negligible, according to Gore, as emissions have resumed after a worldwide lockdown. However, experience in dealing with epidemics should make people more aware of the need to avoid future catastrophes, he said.
Caroline Lucas, a Green Party MP, said: Those who are more open and sensitive to its effects have done the least to contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions that are happening because of it. Here is the UK’s moral responsibility, not only because of its rop historical emissions, but also as the host of next year’s UN Critical Climate Summit. We need to move more and faster to reach the net zero. “
World governments are holding a virtual meeting at the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations this week, raising the environmental crisis on the agenda. After being pushed by the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, after a year-long delay for the event by the Copavirus crisis, Cop 26 will be called for the next Climate Summit in the UK and is likely to be convened in Glasgow in November 2021.
As a host nation, the UK government is being urged to set out plans to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, which were set out in law last year, but for which there are still few national policies.
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