In reality, however, inequalities have persistently grown, to the point where today the richest 1% of the world’s population own almost half of the global wealth and that same 1% also emit more CO2 than the poorest half of the planet.

Dumb argument for a tax in the EU.
If you earn 45000€ or more per year (post-tax) you are in the 1%. (According to this)
That is a nice wage, but definitely not rich.

the 1% the petition is talking about is global, as well as the ownership claims, and the CO2 pollution claim.

it’s worded a bit oddly, but they want to tax the “global 1%”, not (just) the “EU 1%”.

as you pointed out, there’s a pretty big difference between the two.

since the initiatives goals are largely about climate change, which is obviously a global problem in need of global solutions, this framing makes sense. it could have been written a bit clearer…

No. If you own 40.000€ per year, you are in the top 1% globally. So, „taxing the rich 1%“ means not only taxing billionaires, but also average incomes in western countries.

Nice Website but its only checks your income. If you have to work for your money your not rich in a western country