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one third of all carbon emissions
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More than 60 per cent … stem from household demand
Ivanova, D., et al., ‘Environmental impact assessment of household consumption’, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 20 (3), 2016: 526–36, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12371.with the most affluent bearing the greatest responsibility
Wiedmann, T., et al., ‘Scientists’ warning on affluence’, Nature Communications, 11, 2020: Article 3107, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16941-y.An American one-per-center accounts for ten times
Chancel, L., and Piketty, T., Chancel, L., and Piketty, T., Carbon and Inequality: From Kyoto to Paris. Trends in the Global Inequality of Carbon Emissions (1998–2013) and Prospects for an Equitable Adaptation Fund, Paris School of Economics working paper, 3 November 2015, http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ChancelPiketty2015.pdf.A household in the US contains … 300,000 individual items
Springer, S., ‘Why is it so hard to stop buying more stuff?’, Boston Globe, 18 May 2017, https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/05/18/why-hard-stop-buying-more-stuff/TikBKa6hUCSN2UkKoSBSeL/story.html. -
overwhelmed the beneficial effect of electric vehicles
Cozzi, L., and Petropoulos, A., ‘Growing preference for SUVs challenges emissions reductions in passenger car market’, International Energy Agency, 15 October 2019, https://www.iea.org/commentaries/growing-preference-for-suvs-challenges-emissions-reductions-in-passenger-car-market.