by Ewa Kochańska

The Oxfam-commissioned report Carbon inequality in 2030 analysed statistical data to make 2030 global emission predictions based on countries' carbon reduction pledges, or NDCs (nationally determined contributions), of various income groups.

The report found that unless the deeply-rooted carbon footprint of the world's elites is immediately addressed and significantly reduced, the resulting climate changes will force the poorest communities to pay a steep price for resulting economic and natural disasters.

Additionally, the top global earners' current consumption and investment trends are moving further away from the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal; at the same time, the bottom 50% of earners, so those most impacted by adverse weather events, have been staying safely below that goal.

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