Private jet use increases an individual’s carbon footprint
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People consistently underestimate the personal carbon footprints of the top 1 per cent wealthiest individuals around the world while overestimating the carbon emissions of low-income people. This could undermine climate justice efforts and support for the most effective policies for mitigating climate change.
“What we find is that people underestimate the footprint of high-income groups [by] quite a lot,” says Kristian Nielsen at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. “And we also know that the wealthy generally have disproportionate influence on which policies are being promoted, talked about in…
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