Article WCQJ World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam

World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam

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But poorest half of world's people contribute to just 10% of emissions, says British charity as negotiators work on UN climate change deal in Paris

The richest 10% of people produce half of Earth's climate-harming fossil-fuel emissions, while the poorest half contribute a mere 10%, British charity Oxfam said in a report released Wednesday.

Oxfam published the numbers as negotiators from 195 countries met in Paris to wrangle over a climate rescue pact.

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