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Superyachts and private jets: the carbon impact of the ‘polluter elite’

Superyachts and private jets: the carbon impact of the ‘polluter elite’

Science Weekly vor 2 Jahren

Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan, and from wealth correspondent Rupert Neate, about the highly polluting transport habits of the ultra-wealthy. From private jets to superyachts, the emissions produc

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A new report from Oxfam has found that the extravagant carbon
footprint of the 0.1% – from superyachts, private jets and mansions
to space flights and doomsday bunkers – is 77 times higher than the
upper level needed for global warming to peak at 1.5C. Madeleine
Finlay hears from the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent
Ajit Niranjan, and from wealth correspondent Rupert Neate, about
the highly polluting transport habits of the ultra-wealthy. Help
support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod