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Guest of Europe 1 on August 22, the rebellious MEP Manon Aubry explained that: “the richest 1% were responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions”. The summer of 2022 was marked by the tracking private jets, which some NUPES MPs want banned. Guest of Europe 1 on August 22, the rebellious MEP Manon Aubry explained that: “the richest 1% were responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions”. Believing that motorists should not be blamed, she added: “It’s not your fault if the planet is literally burning down, it’s the fault of the Bernard Arnaults, the Vincent Bolloré who take their jet for 15 minute journeys.
Are the 1% really responsible for half of CO2 emissions? Not really. In 2020, the anti-poverty NGO OXFAM and the Stockholm Institute for the Environment published an assessment of the global distribution of emissions between individuals from 1990 to 2015. The study indicates that the top 1% rich are responsible for 15% of greenhouse gas emissions. According to this report, the richest 10% cause 49% of emissions.
In a report published in 2021, the World Inequality Lab of the Paris School of Economics arrived at much the same conclusion: the richest 10% are responsible for 48% of emissions and the 1% for 17%. Contacted by Désintox, Manon Aubry recognized her mistake. “My tongue forked it was indeed 10% of the richest that I meant and not 1%” explains the MEP.
The summer of 2022 was marked by the tracking of private jets, which some NUPES deputies want to ban. Guest of Europe 1 on August 22, the rebellious MEP Manon Aubry explained that: “ the richest 1% were responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions “. Believing that motorists should not be made to feel guilty, she added: ” It’s not your fault if the planet is literally burning up, it’s the fault of the Bernard Arnaults, the Vincent Bolloré who take their jets for 15-minute journeys “.
Are the 1% really responsible for half of CO2 emissions? Not really. In 2020, the anti-poverty NGO OXFAM and the Stockholm Institute for the Environment published an assessment of the global distribution of emissions between individuals from 1990 to 2015. The study indicates that the top 1% rich are responsible for 15% of greenhouse gas emissions. According to this report, the richest 10% cause 49% of emissions.
In a report published in 2021, the World Inequality Lab of the Paris School of Economics arrived at much the same conclusion: the richest 10% are responsible for 48% of emissions and the 1% for 17%. Contacted by Désintox, Manon Aubry recognized her mistake. ” My tongue forked it was 10% of the richest I meant and not 1% explains the MEP.
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