Oil companies owe the world trillions in climate reparations. This study calculates the exact cost
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Source photo: Getty Images. Article by Adele Peters. Fast Company – May 19, 2023. Study: One Earth.
When a climate disaster hits, the people who pay the biggest price often had the least to do with causing the problem. Take, for example, the devastating heat wave this spring in South Asia—made 30 times worse by climate change—followed by a cyclone that tore through refugee camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Myanmar’s historical emissions are a tiny fraction of the emissions from the United States. […]