Superyachts and private jets: the carbon impact of the polluter elite

Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 6:17 a.m.

b'A new report from Oxfam has found that the extravagant carbon footprint of the 0.1% \\u2013 from superyachts, private jets and mansions to space flights and doomsday bunkers \\u2013 is 77 times higher than the upper level needed for global warming to peak at 1.5C. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian\\u2019s Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan, and from wealth correspondent Rupert Neate, about the highly polluting transport habits of the ultra-wealthy. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod'