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Wealthy people are responsible for far more greenhouse gas emissions than poorer people. To reduce carbon footprints and prevent the worst effects of the climate crisis, one climate researcher is proposing a CO2 cap and trade system for individuals.
Disasters such as droughts, fires, and floods are occurring all over the world, triggered by the climate crisis. To counteract this catastrophe, Germany is among many nations pledging to slow global warming at well below two degrees. To achieve this target, the amount of harmful carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere must be restricted in the coming decades.
If a fundamental principle of justice were applied, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research says that each person would be allowed to emit no more than three tons of CO2 per year by 2050. But Germans are a long way from achieving this target, with an average carbon footprint of eight to ten tons. By burning fossil fuels, many millionaires emit more than 100 tons of carbon dioxide per year, and the world’s wealthiest individuals emit thousands of tons each.
Most of the rich protagonists in this film show no willingness to reduce their climate-damaging behavior. One of them flies in a private jet, while another drives a gas-guzzling sports car for fun.
Schellnhuber, a renowned scientist, is therefore calling for a carbon cap to be imposed on individuals, while allowing private trading in CO2 credits. He proposes that each person receives an allowance of three tons of CO2 per year. Those who need more would have to buy from those who consume less, Schellnhuber suggests.
However, German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck from the Green Party is not in favor of individual CO2 caps. In an interview, Habeck says he’s not focused on the question of “individual budgets.”
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Good thing Bill Gates doesnt own private jets…….Oh wait. Kidding aside, its funny how all the wealthy climate activists own or travel by private jet. Rules for thee, but not for me.
300 kilos of co2 for a weekend , i dont believe it, thats around 150 liters of petrol , i dont believe it
He's part of the problem. But the biggest part of the problem are people not in his position but same attitude. I understand why the psychopaths would be like that. But why do ordinary people think the same when they have so much to lose?
Utter loads of crap…
There are thousands of flights everyday. Rich people are not the problem
this guys is bastard more ii watched this documentary more I feel people like him shouldn't exist pretty egoist saying travelling by bus is gross and his part of a elite
Greta is perfect example of this. She keeps saying climate this and climate that, yet she travels with airplane from one country to another to say those stupid things. Hypocrite.
It’s not just the wealthy lifestyle, it’s more the way they make their money and the destruction to the planet by everything involved with industrial activities.
Strange that the growth of plants and animals was massive when CO2 levels were much, much higher…
The planet has more often not had ice at the poles …. Most people don't know…
None of these climate alarmists can discuss this… Climate scaremongering has become a type of religious cult..
Look at the people pushing these agendas.. They are making billions from WEF led politicians making laws to crucify the people… Taxing the already poor to have less and less whilst they are forced to pay tax penalties just to live..
Why do they not talk about energy conservation or world overpopulation? They don't because there is less money to be made there..
Wake up fools and do your own research…
Julien shows the exact reason why it never worked and it never will until they get thrown into jail for not doing it. Sorry but restrictions have to apply if it doesn't work the other way, it's the same as his mum did when he was small and wanted to eat chocolate all day, she put on a restriction and he ate less chocolate.
The rich has always right :). Only problem for them is "not enough money".
LOL, I love how everyone focues on what 1% of the population does – I get that they make 10,000 times the waste. That's still less than 1% of the global waste!!!! FFS, look at industry. Super Low Hanging Fruit. Make a 10% impact on industries that cause the most waste and you will impact +5% of waste. Do the same for the wealthy and the impact will be a fraction of 1%. . .
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Rich pollute but poor suffer from pollution
Start burning their luxury.. 2:46
What a creep that guy Schellnhuber is🤢
Here's something to think about -> The carbon footprint is because of private jet, yacht etc. Sure, the rich person is using this, but someone is making it too – that is employment. One could say, stop making these luxury goods entirely. Where does that take us… some emission will decrease, but still the bulk of people have an order of magnitude higher footprint than 1% rich. What does that mean… population reduction. Now that gets uncomfortable to discuss, doesn't it?
Please don't pretend to be 9outraged to find out the rich don't give a sh-t about anyone but themselves… this is capitalism at work and the flaw of capitalism is that it has no conscience or moral compass..
it could be interesting an CO2 allowance per capita where people could sell part. but almost impossible to control, maybe with average and statistic data. it would allow poor people make some money and the rich people not loose the quality of life they are used to.
Herrrrr! This guy on the plane get nerves. An epitome of exhibiting pride in wealth over an issue of global concern.
Clearly, the majority of wealthy people don't give a damn about climate change & how it will impact humanity as a whole so long as it doesn't have any negative effect on them. Their sense of entitlement & their greed is every bit as obscene as their wealth as is their refusal to sacrifice any part of their luxurious lifestyle for the good of the planet & for future generations. So, until these arrogant a**holes like this lot & those in control of big industry wake up to themselves, fighting climate change will be a losing battle. Then, those apocalyptic films that depict the poor being segregated to live their lives in barren wastelands while the wealthy live in a utopian paradise will become our new reality & the only legacy that the wealthy will leave behind will be the resentment of those who outlive them for the way in which they willfully destroyed the planet & condemned most of us to a living hell. So long as the wealthy have the money & the power to keep pulling the strings of politcians & lawmakers, they will always prosper no matter what & the rest of us will have to pay the price.
Humans miseducate humans by calling our Creators already planned clean ups, climate change, to attempt to make humans fearful.
The Future is here to awaken all Spirits who are willing, as promised to us. The Time has come to be in an Environment of Completion for those who chose to Love only. We all were given a purpose for this important Time period. Make the Natural Selection (choose Love) and Live to see it. Future says words similar to "rich" will be absent in the Future. Equality will be clearly seen in the near Future. 2030 Will be Peace on Earth.
The rich and arrogant will be humbled. Now that you know how God feels about opulent wealth, how do you think that translates into your experience after death? Greed is something you should avoid at all costs because of the impacts to your life, those around you, the planet, and also your eternal soul.
If i was that rich, the only time I'd consider using a private plane is if there had been a family emergency (e.g. someone had been in an accident and was in bad shape in hospital) and i had to get back as fast as possible.
Other than that, I'll just fly on a commerical flight like everyone else. I'll still get to where I'm going.
Do be a Hypocrite like Greta Thunberg. You would all travel by Private Jet if you had the money!
The US military is vast in scale, with a carbon footprint larger than any other institution on earth.Dec 12, 2023 0:00
Your opinion is formed on pure ignorance. Any person with a 80 IQ can learn to fly a Plane
You can already put a euqality sign into wealth = pollutions allowances. If tomorrow we introduce Pollution Allowance Points and distribute them equally between world population it will end up accumulated in hands of wealthy people within a year as poor people will just sell their allowances because they can't use them.
With No due respect, The population splitting into different groups is not helping, here's why___
A Planet for the 99%” draws on research by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and assesses the consumption emissions of different income groups in 2019, the most recent year for which data are available. The report shows the stark gap between the carbon footprints of the super-rich —whose carbon-hungry lifestyles and investments in polluting industries like fossil fuels are driving global warming— and the bulk of people across the world.
The richest 1 percent (77 million people) were responsible for 16 percent of global consumption emissions in 2019 —more than all car and road transport emissions. The richest 10 percent accounted for half (50 percent) of emissions.
It would take about 1,500 years for someone in the bottom 99 percent to produce as much carbon as the richest billionaires do in a year.
Every year, the emissions of the richest 1 percent cancel out the carbon savings coming from nearly one million wind turbines.
Since the 1990s, the richest 1 percent have used up twice as much of the carbon we have left to burn without increasing global temperatures above the safe limit of 1.5°C than the poorest half of humanity.
The carbon emissions of richest 1 percent are set to be 22 times greater than the level compatible with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement in 2030.
Billionaires owe me a lot of money for the carbon emissions I’m not using. 22:15
How much is too much?
Carbon emissions by a train carrying thousands of people are much lower than a flight carrying 200 or 300 people.
I believe that families who barely could afford to pay their bills and volunteer their time on how to contribute to the global climate should be rewarded. People like them deserve to thrive longer in life. 👍
Remember the more richer you strive to be the more poorer in spirit you will become
so selfish and arrogant blinded by greed which will kill not only our species but sadly probably all other species no counsciousness no ethics and here we are I live in utter simplicity, simplicity is truth itself
you are not ready to change your capitalistic ways for the sake of your children and nature then see the consequences!
there is no way the rich are going to change we see it they are getting worse as there is limits to growth there should be limits to wealth but we will have destroyed everything before and nature is gonna set the limits the hard way kind of saying enough is enough
In my opinion the earth is fine. One day if some of us live long enough, we may witness a cataclysmic volcano that will pump more sulfuric acid and other nasty crap in the air that will screw up the human gnome forever. To add to the equation, throw some earth quakes, Tsunami's, and other crazy things that could decimate the human population. If just a few of these things came to pass in an extreme manner, Our standard and quality of life would go right out the window.
NO! We ALL have a right to breathe fresh air. Time to apportion CO2, then the rich can buy a portion off the poor who under use their portion. What a sad excuse for human that man is!
An excellent doko DW team. This guy on the plane is a rich knob with no care for anyone but himself and his money. His comments about social groups being split is a bad attitude. We need more equiality, not less especially when climate change is hurting people who literally have nothing in the first place He is a privileged jerk. Not all are like this. I do applaud Dr Michael Otto for being a wealthy German who has genuine and serious commitment to doing good and who has strong environmental ethics. We need more like this and less like the jerk on. the plane.
The fact that our cars are strictly limited on emissions and private jets have no limits on usage is a glaring example of how our system caters to the rich… Why does my car need thousands of dollars of expensive emissions equipment but this thing can burn hundreds of gallons per hour with zero emissions treatment? The same ridiculous laws imposed on us should be imposed on the rich equally
wealth politicians mega corporations continue to get careless and these rich bastards are just hiding under their capitalism
Of course, this C02 nonsense is meant only for the peasantry. While we will eat crickets, they wil eat the finest cuts of roast beef and drink the best wines.
Climate change caused by C02 is scientific hobbledygook. Co2 is at it's lowest levels in earth's history. The ocean is responsible for 90% of the world's Co2. Dying vegetation for another 5%. Only 0.04 of the atmosphere is Co2. Enough of this mass hysteria.
When do we deal with the parasite class?
That guy is deluded