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> Reduce the emissions of the richest. Governments must introduce permanent income and wealth taxes on the top 1 percent, ban or punitively tax carbon-intensive luxury consumptions —starting with private jets and superyachts— and regulate corporations and investors to drastically and fairly reduce their emissions.

If europeans are so upset about the emission of American private jets and yachts, don't grant landing/overflight/docking permissions then? Most of that fuel would be used crossing the Atlantic. Build a few more nice airplane first class suites in the EU airlines so the billionaires can still travel with their comforts?

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My reading of the article was that African&Asian countries are upset because they

1. suffer the most from global warming

and

2. currently aren't in any position to negotiate or enforce their rights

Relevant quotes:

"Counting dead bodies after a typhoon isn’t something any child should have to do."

"Rich countries have failed to keep their $100 billion climate finance promise"

"Rich countries continue to resist calls for climate reparations."

Is a citizen of a an African/Asian country, we're just pissed we can't live like the G7 folk do. Nothing more.

You only have to observe how we behave once we get residence in EU/America/Australia and how quickly we forget our compatriots left behind.

Don't fall for this faux outrage.

I remember listening to `Climate Justice | James Lindsay & Michael O'Fallon | Changing Tides Ep. 1` talking about this

https://youtu.be/1A8oyO9LoOo?list=PLZJe-MWy0cYc6g4XGnbAdenV4...

You're cherry-picking and generalizing an entire population based on anecdotal evidence. Sounds like you're projecting.

That would help. A better way of tackling the issue is:

Governments must introduce permanent income and wealth taxes on the top 1 percent, ban or punitively tax carbon-intensive luxury consumptions —starting with private jets and superyachts— and regulate corporations and investors to drastically and fairly reduce their emissions.

This would probably require some kind of revolution to achieve. But yes, basically that's what we need for rationality.

> If europeans are so upset about the emission of American private jets and yachts,

Americans should be, too.

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