@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 10 months agoRevealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes | Carbon emissions of richest 10% is up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossiblewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkRevealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes | Carbon emissions of richest 10% is up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossiblewww.theguardian.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@gruelinkEnglish0•10 months agoYes it is. A large chunk of the richest countries’ middle class is the world’s top 10%. That includes most of the people reading this.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoThe first paragraph of the article is comparing the top 10% to the bottom 10% within the same country
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑linkEnglish1•10 months agoPeople often forget that the top 10% include the top 1%. I wonder how the statistics would look if the top 1% were removed from the equation.
Yes it is. A large chunk of the richest countries’ middle class is the world’s top 10%. That includes most of the people reading this.
The first paragraph of the article is comparing the top 10% to the bottom 10% within the same country
People often forget that the top 10% include the top 1%.
I wonder how the statistics would look if the top 1% were removed from the equation.