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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds (phys.org)

submitted 1 year ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/collapse@lemm.ee

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"If everyone had emitted like the bottom 50% of the global population, the world would have seen minimal additional warming since 1990,"

The study assesses the contribution of the highest emitting groups within societies and finds that the top 1% of the wealthiest individuals globally contributed 26 times the global average to increases in monthly 1-in-100-year heat extremes globally and 17 times more to Amazon droughts.

The research sheds new light on the links between income-based emissions inequality and climate injustice, illustrating how the consumption and investments of wealthy individuals have had disproportionate impacts on extreme weather events

Our study shows that extreme climate impacts are not just the result of abstract global emissions, instead we can directly link them to our lifestyle and investment choices, which in turn are linked to wealth,"

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[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's my understanding that, at least in the USA, a lot of the emissions of the 10% is simply that they commute to work by car, which is one of the least efficient ways to transport a single person. If there was more public transportation infrastructure, it would probably be closer to the top 2-3% that cause the majority of pollution.

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[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Yeah but, like, how would we even do that? Magic carpets? Flying horses? It's just an unsolvable problem unless you had some sort of magical system of mythical vessels that took large groups of people where they needed to go reliably that was easy to use but that's bordering on communism and is incredibly woke. Its just not possible!

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