Andrew Harmer

@andrewharmer@mstdn.social
15 Followers
34 Following
139 Posts
Senior Lecturer in global health at Queen Mary's University of London.
Blogandrewharmer.org

This IEA blog post underlines the staggering inequality in emissions disaggregated by wealth between and within countries:

"The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1%"

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-world-s-top-1-of-emitters-produce-over-1000-times-more-co2-than-the-bottom-1

The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1% – Analysis - IEA

The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1% - A commentary by Laura Cozzi, Olivia Chen, Hyeji Kim

IEA

This is what Lutzerath looks like this morning. Luisa Neubauer sums up perfectly government decisions to re-open old or develop new coal mines (Cumbria, Lutzerath, etc)...

"The setting today: absurd"

#climateaction #climatechange #lutzerath

https://tinyurl.com/mk5hr9jm

Luisa Neubauer on Twitter

“THREAD: What is going on in #Lützerath? In Germany, a small village next to a giant coal mine has advanced to become an epicenter of the global struggle for climate justice. Today the eviction of the the village has started. But this is not "just" about a single village. 1/”

Twitter