Index indicators
Carbon emissions
Carbon emissions
Additional statistics
Arguments
Socio-economic inequality leads to environmental inequality
Socio-economic inequality leads to environmental inequality
Cited policy reports or articles
Fairness and Opportunity: The Environmental Justice Commission
Fairness and Opportunity: The Environmental Justice Commission
July 14, 2021
Inequality can double the energy required to secure universal decent living
Inequality can double the energy required to secure universal decent living
August 26, 2022
On Borrowed Time: Future Generations and the Net Zero Transition
On Borrowed Time: Future Generations and the Net Zero Transition
June 14, 2022
People of colour far likelier to live in very high air pollution areas
People of colour far likelier to live in very high air pollution areas
October 4, 2022
Cited attitudinal and framing research
A rising tide: Strengthening public permission for climate action
A rising tide: Strengthening public permission for climate action
July 21, 2022
Stories from partner organisations
The outsized carbon footprints of the super-rich
The outsized carbon footprints of the super-rich
Billionaires have carbon footprints that can be thousands of times higher than those of average citizens, even in the richest countries
Breathing clean air is every child's human right - governments have a duty of care
Breathing clean air is every child's human right - governments have a duty of care
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah talks about her daughter Ella, who died at the age of seven as a result of air pollution