Carbon inequality is rising as rich people are slower to cut emissions

The hole between the carbon footprints of the best and lowest-income individuals is rising wider, regardless of carbon dioxide emissions falling total in some nations.

“From an ethical perspective, if those that are already better off get a larger share of a limited resource [CO2 emissions], then that’s clearly unfair,” says Edgar Hertwich on the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

It is not any shock that richer individuals eat extra, and so typically have bigger carbon footprints. “The wealthier you get, the …