12∞ · Question 11.9.8
Who suffers most from environmental damage?
Those who did least to cause it. The wealthiest tenth of humanity is responsible for about half of the emissions that warm the planet, and the poorest half for a small fraction.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.9: The Wounded Earth
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- Page 381
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- 11.9.9 → · How serious is the extinction crisis?
- All of Part 11
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