The world's wealthy need to pay up to address the climate crisis, says the top expert behind the Paris Agreement

French Economist Dr. Laurence Tubiana talking (Credit: Celal Gunes—Anadolu/Getty Images)

The wealthy have a complicated relationship with climate change. 

The super-rich are some of the biggest polluters in the world, thanks to their continued investments in high-emissions industries and penchant for private jets. At the same time, they include among their number some of the most influential people and groups in guiding climate policies.