@guardian: “The super-rich are plundering and polluting the planet to the point of destruction and it is those who can least afford it who are paying the highest price,” says Chiara Liguori, Oxfam’s senior climate justice policy adviser. A new report revealed by the Guardian shows we are not equally to blame for rising temperatures, and that both the super-rich and the middle class are disproportionately destroying the planet. The world’s richest 10% – which encompasses most of the middle classes in developed countries – causes up to 40 times more climate-heating carbon emissions than the poorest 10% of their fellow citizens. Failing to account for this huge wealth-emitting divide when making policies to cut emissions can cause a backlash over the affordability of climate action, experts say. In the video, our global environment editor Jonathan Watts explains some of the key takeaways from the shocking report. Click the link in bio to read more about the carbon divide. #Carbon #Environment

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