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Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’ (www.carbonbrief.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

On the income scale, if you made minimum wage (which equates to $7.25 an hour or $15,080 a year), you would already be in the top 10% of global income. In fact, you’d be in the top 7.8% of income earners worldwide.

If you make $50,000 per year, you would be in the top 0.31% of the world’s population in terms of earning income. Earning just $50,000 per year puts us in the top 1% of the world’s population.

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This is by income, not wealth though. It still illustrates how low the bar is.