Richest 10% are responsible! || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Your hero is a scoundrel || Acharya Prashant, at IIT-Bombay (2022) ~~~~~~~~~~~~

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00:00The richest 10% of the world's population is causing 90% of the carbon emissions.

00:11And if you bring that down to the richest 1%, that still remains close to 30-40%.

00:17It's so skewed.

00:19Now here comes the role of the common man.

00:22This has to be turned into an electoral issue.

00:24You have to elect governments that are prepared to tax vulgar consumption.

00:32You have to have governments that are prepared to tax the ultra-rich.

00:37You cannot let them go scot-free with all the damage they are causing to the environment,

00:44to the planet itself.