Oxfam Report Blames ‘One Percenters’ Emissions For Rising Hunger, Poverty, And Death

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Oxfam Report Blames ‘One Percenters’ Emissions For Rising Hunger, Poverty, And Death
by John Hayward  Oct 30, 2024 
 

A report published on Monday by Oxfam claimed that “carbon inequality” – meaning “the emissions of the world’s super-rich 1%” – is “causing economic losses of trillions of dollars, contributing to huge crop losses, and leading to millions of excess deaths.” [emphasis, links added]

“As global temperatures continue to rise, risking the lives and livelihoods of people living in poverty and precarity, we must act now to curb the emissions of the super-rich and make rich polluters pay,” Oxfam declared.


The report is titled Carbon Inequality Kills: Why Curbing the Excessive Emissions of an Elite Few Can Create a Sustainable Planet for All.

Its central contention is that ‘One Percenters’ create far too many carbon emissions through both their lifestyles (yachts, private jets, mansions) and business investments.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/oxfam-report-blames-one-percenters-emissions-for-rising-hunger-poverty-and-death/

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[Smokin Joe]

Yet China and India are burning 70% of the coal consumed...

Yes, those private jets at the Ecowhacko conferences reek of hypocrisy. But, in the long run, they won't raise sea level or melt the arctic ice pack, or cause glaciers to recede (exposing artifacts of human occupation...).

It's the planet, baby! --interacting with the energy delivered by the Sun, in a cosmic cycle we humans cannot control. Better to retain the ability to adapt than limit our options in a futile effirt to change things.