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World's highest-consuming 10% cause up to $5.7 trillion a year in environmental damage, study finds
- June 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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The environmental damage caused by the world's highest-consuming 10% of people is worth $1.7 trillion to $5.7 trillion a year. At the central and upper estimates, this is several times more than the international community has committed to spend on climate action and biodiversity conservation combined, and is on the scale of the funding estimated to be needed globally to address these crises.
Originally published at Phys.org