How much responsible 1% of the rich for the carbon emissions!!

The United Nations (UN) believes that carbon emissions need to be reduced to zero by 2050 to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Reducing carbon emissions to zero means not adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. China, United States, the European Union and India emit the most carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. These countries need to play a greater role in stopping emissions. China plans to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2060. The United States and the European Union (EU) have pledged to reach the same goal by 2050. India has recently made similar promises, but their deadline is 2020.

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People who are known as millionaires or billionaires usually have more than one house and more than one car. Many of them also have private jets. So, their responsibility is not less in carbon emissions. The person who earns 1 lakh 72 thousand dollars a year is called rich. The number of people with this income is 1 percent in the world. These are basically the top rich. Research shows that these 10 percent of people are responsible for nine times more carbon emissions. Over time, however, the carbon footprint of this group of people has not increased significantly.

Compared to 1990, the 10 percent personal carbon emissions that year were 21 tons per capita. When the world arrives in 2030, there will not be much difference at this rate. However, the biggest jump will be 1 percent of the top rich. Their per capita carbon emissions were 56 tons in 1990, but by 2030 this number will increase to 70 tons. Even then, by 2030, the world's top 1 percent will be responsible for 16 percent of the world's carbon emissions. The international organizations Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute have given such information in a report published by them. According to the report, the amount of carbon used by the top one percent of the rich by 2015 is double the consumption of half of the world's poor. According to the two organizations, carbon emissions from this category of people could increase by 25 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

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