The UN Emissions Gap Report released on Dec. 9, shows how far off the mark we are for averting complete climate catastrophe. Current global emissions reduction policies have us on track for 3.5 C warming by 2100, which would be catastrophic for life on Earth. An average increase of 1.5 C globally is the line that must not be crossed–with current temperatures at an average of nearly 1 C warming.
The report takes a surprisingly class perspective by pointing out that the one percent richest people on the planet are responsible for emissions equal to that of the poorest 50 percent of the world’s population. This group would need to reduce its carbon footprint 30 fold just to meet the Paris Agreement commitments.…
MR Online
UN climate report calls out global elite as cause of the crisis
Originally published: Liberation News by Tina Landis (December 11, 2020)
3 comments:
Hence the need to eliminate 50% of the population.
I vote to start with the climate nutters....
Vote weighting ensures that it starts with the poor and marginalized.
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