The world’s wealthiest 10 per cent have caused more than two-thirds of global warming since 1990, according to a major new study that directly links climate disasters to income-based emissions.
The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that emissions linked to consumption and investments of high-income individuals have been largely responsible for extreme weather events like heatwaves and droughts, especially in vulnerable regions that have contributed the least to the crisis.
