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- Aug 2023
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phys.org phys.org
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According to a new study by tourism professor Stefan Gössling, the millionaires will, within just a few decades, be responsible for almost three quarters of carbon dioxide emissions.
- for: wealth inequality, inequality, carbon inequality, elite emissions, 1% emissions, millionaire emissions
- According to a new study by tourism professor Stefan Gössling,
- the millionaires will, within just a few decades, be responsible for almost three quarters of carbon dioxide emissions.
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- Jul 2023
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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In addition to their high GHG emissions from consumption, high-SES people have disproportionate climate influence through at least four non-consumer roles: as investors, as role models within their social networks and for others who observe their choices, as participants in organizations and as citizens seeking to influence public policies or corporate behaviour
- for: high-SES, 1%, W2W, inequality, carbon inequality, elites, billionaires, millionaires, leverage point
- five high carbon emission areas of high-SES, HNWI, VHNWI
- consumption
- investor
- role model within social networks
- participants in organizations
- citizens seeking to influence public policies or corporate behavior
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We focus on individuals and households with high socioeconomic status (SES; henceforth, high-SES people) because they have generated many of the problems of fossil fuel dependence that affect the rest of humanity.
- for: high-SES, 1%, W2W, inequality, carbon inequality, elites, billionaires, millionaires, leverage point
- definition
- high-SES
- high socioeconomic status
- equivalent to high net worth individual (HNWI) or
- very high net worth individual (VHNWI)
- high-SES
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- Oct 2021
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agrowingculture.medium.com agrowingculture.medium.com
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The fact that someone is a billionaire doesn’t make them more capable of solving any of our problems. In fact, the pursuit of that amount of wealth means that they were able to ignore — and in fact directly profit off of — the exploitation and violation of rights that is required to get there.
This is an astute observation about the destructive journey towards wealth concentration...it often leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. It would make a good subject for a book.
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- Jun 2020
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www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
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Business, M. E., CNN. (n.d.). US billionaires have regained $565 billion in wealth since the pit of the crisis. CNN. Retrieved June 8, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/business/billionaire-wealth-inequality-pandemic-jobs/index.html
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