What is Carbon Inequality?
Carbon inequality: the oversized contribution by wealthy individuals to carbon pollution, overwhelmingly harming the poorest.
The wealthiest 1% of the population emits more carbon pollution than the poorest 5 billion people combined (SEI and Oxfam), which indicates that the climate crisis is a crisis of inequality.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
​Global economic agreements and national policies have incentivized wealth-building and luxury lifestyles that threaten to destabilize the climate on which we all depend. This has lead to carbon inequality. There are many possible solutions to address carbon inequality, including:
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International agreements to incentivize low-carbon lifestyles or disincentivize high-carbon lifestyles
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A tax on polluting investments and luxuries like private jets and super-yachts
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A tax break for those reducing carbon pollution
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Many of these solutions will need to be implemented at the national or even regional level. By raising awareness, advocating for policy changes, and engaging with communities, we aim to drive social change for a more equal and sustainable global economy.
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE
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This video campaign brings together more than 20 organizations around the world to amplify their efforts and drive systemic change. The actions people may take after watching this video include:
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Sign the Oxfam makerichpolluterspay.org petition
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Join the Draw The Line global days of action
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Join the African Climate Justice Caravan
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Join the Global Citizen Tax Rich Polluters campaign
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Sign the Global Witness Polluters Pay Pact
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Sign the Greenpeace Tax the Super-Rich letter
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Tell Mondelēz: Respect Indigenous Rights
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Urge your leaders to tax the wealthy and polluting luxuries to fund climate adaptation and mitigation
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Drive new policies in your town, region, or country to reduce overconsumption and incentivize low-carbon lifestyles
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For more data on global and national carbon inequality, please visit SEI’s Emissions Inequality Dashboard at www.sei.org/tools/emissions-inequality-dashboard
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