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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts and Jillian Ambrose

Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam

Aerial image of a busy wharf and the construction of a large yacht
A yacht, reportedly being built for Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, on a wharf in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. Photograph: Guy Fleury/AP

The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found.

Owing to luxury yachts, private jets and investments in polluting industries, the consumption of the world’s wealthiest people is also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C.

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