WE CAN'T GROW OUR WAY OUT OF POVERTY.

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  • Author(s): Hickel, Jason (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Internationalist. Mar/Apr2020, Issue 524, p36-39. 4p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Subject Terms:
      INCOME inequality; POVERTY
    • Abstract:
      In 2018, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) grabbed the world's attention with its report stating that to avert dangerous climate breakdown we need to cut global emissions in half by 2030 and reach zero by 2050. By shifting even just this portion of excess income from the richest one per cent to the poorest 4.2 billion people, we could end poverty at a stroke and still leave the richest with average annual incomes of nearly $180,000 per year - more than anyone could ever reasonably need. [Extracted from the article]
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