Population is too simple a lens for climate and puts focus on poor not rich

For example:

“The richest one percent of the world’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity during a critical 25-year period of unprecedented emissions growth”

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Posted By: Knitted Jesus on November 15th 2022 at 12:44:20

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Too many people in the world (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Nov 15, 09:36:26
- Logan’s Run (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Nov 15, 12:51:20
  - Jenny Agutter (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Nov 15, 15:23:13
- Population is too simple a lens for climate and puts focus on poor not rich (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 15, 12:44:20
  - Well these same 1%. Have big plans for the world to address climate change.... (General Chat) - jimbo, Nov 15, 15:05:16
    - The super rich are already planning how they survive the end of the world (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 15, 17:14:27
    - Yeah. And they dont involve reducing THEIR pollution (General Chat) - Garboldisham, Nov 15, 15:38:59
- Well if this current increase in excess death's continues indefinitely... (General Chat) - jimbo, Nov 15, 12:13:20
- Bring on Gilead 🙄 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Nov 15, 10:45:22
- It's not a Tuesday morning on the wrath when someone hasn't casually suggested some form (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 15, 10:28:24
  - Kill the gammons! (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 15, 10:34:02
  - No mention of mass genocide at all in the question (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Nov 15, 10:30:36
    - Apologies. It's not a Tuesday morning on the wrath if someone hasn't casually suggested (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 15, 10:34:35
      - Never mentioned that either (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Nov 15, 10:36:36
        
        Education and empowering (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Nov 15, 10:53:14
        
        I always thought a declining birth-rate would result in our extinction. (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Nov 15, 11:43:59
        
        Women aren't entirely responsible for reproduction. Hope that's not a shock. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Nov 15, 11:27:40
        
        Wow (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 15, 11:04:32
        
        Isn't necessary obviously. (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDale, Nov 15, 10:57:56
        
        Women? Start with Boris Johnson (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 15, 11:00:11
        
        Silly uneducated, unempowered women letting men impregnate them. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 15, 11:27:13
        
        Mmm.... meanwhile in some bedroom shall we say Qatar (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 15, 11:53:05
        
        How do you propose we reduce the amount of people in the world then? (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 15, 10:39:03
        
        War? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 15, 10:40:11
        
        Squid Games World Cup (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 15, 10:42:41
- That’s why they started covid (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 15, 10:25:25
- Birth rates are hugely declining in a lot of the world, phew (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 15, 10:14:48
  - Or should that be less? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 15, 10:31:06
- I've done my bit by not having kids. You're welcome (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Nov 15, 10:14:04
- Too many broken hearts in the World (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Nov 15, 09:45:25
  - That's (General Chat) - Ghost Ship Belly, Nov 15, 09:52:16
    - Donovan (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 15, 09:57:57
- Jezza Kyle "kids 'avin kids" etc etc (n/m) (General Chat) - inutero, Nov 15, 09:45:02

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