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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13513
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NEWS BRIEFS / Climate

A ‘super-rich’ European pollutes as much in a week as someone in world’s poorest 1% in a lifetime, according to Oxfam

28/10/24 (Agence Europe)Carbon Inequality Kills’: a report by the NGOOxfam published on Monday 28 October reveals that in one week’s use of yachts and private jets, the carbon footprint of a ‘super-rich’ European equals that of a person from the poorest 1% of the planet over a lifetime. The study shows that almost 40% of billionaires’ investments are in highly polluting industries (oil, mining, shipping, cement). Emissions from the richest 1% in the EU are even costing...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
Russian invasion of Ukraine
COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
NEWS BRIEFS
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