The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions. (Tom Hodgkinson)

The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions.

Tom Hodgkinson

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