But researchers say the system generates questionable climate benefits, while locking refugees into low-wage labour – new study.
- Lecturer in Management and Ecological Sustainability, University of Essex
When net zero leaves communities behind, people get angry.
Society’s wealthiest are responsible for generating climate change – but who are these people, and why are their emissions so high?
Guterres wanted world leaders to tackle subsidies for fossil fuels, implement taxes on carbon, and end new coal power beyond 2020. None of this happened.
Never mind the future – rich countries have already benefited from climate change, while poor countries have suffered dramatic economic losses.
The planet’s wealthiest people are directly responsible for most of the world’s carbon emissions.
The latest UN climate talks were ultimately hindered by their focus on nation-states, obscuring who is actually responsible for emissions.
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