You produce eight times more CO2 emissions than an average-income person and thirteen times more than one of the people in the lower 50%. While most of the population has reduced their CO2 emissions in the last decade, the richest have done the exact opposite. It kind of makes sense; the more money you have, the more you spend, and everything you buy has a climate footprint.
- It’s not just in Denmark. The world’s richest 1% (77 million people) produce 16% of the total global CO2 emissions in a year. To compare, the world’s poorest 66% (5 billion people) produce just as much.
- Denmark is responsible for 0.1% of the world’s CO2 emissions.
