very high #tax rates.
This is not just about #redistribution within nations. #Piketty stresses the need for new class solidarities that cut across borders. Convincing working and middle classes in rich countries that the #elite will finally be held accountable can also help support people in the #GlobalSouth who are already suffering the worst #climate damages.
The gap between rich and poor #CarbonFootprints is now wider than at any time since the nineteenth century.
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#UK’s #richest set to produce 13 times more transport #emissions than #poorest by 2035 | #CarbonFootprints | The Guardian
They found that the poorest groups were due to decarbonise much faster than the wealthiest, with the richest 4% set to emit 13 times more carbon from their domestic travel than the poorest 14%
by 2035 – up from a tenfold gap today.
#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Transport #FossilFuels #Inequality #Poverty