Poor of a country emits less, lose more: New paper calls for progressive taxes for ‘polluting elites’
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Environment, Conservation Source: DTE Context: According to the Climate Inequality Report 2023, low and middle-income countries are disproportionately impacted by climate change even though they emit less GHGs than their richer counterparts. Findings of the report: 48% of emissions are from the top 10% of emitters, having 76% capacity …