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World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
The Island
|January 12, 2026
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
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(The Guardian) The world's richest 1% have used up their fair share of carbon emissions just 10 days into 2026, analysis has found.
Meanwhile, the richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget, according to the research by Oxfam.
This story is from the January 12, 2026 edition of The Island.
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