The global North is responsible for 92% of emissions in excess of the planetary boundary, while the global South bears the brunt of the destruction.
Climate breakdown is a process of atmospheric colonization, and is playing out along colonial lines. thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
It's important to note, also, that excess emissions in rich countries are being caused disproportionately by rich individuals, and by an economic system that is focused on capital accumulation rather than on human needs.
For those asking about China: China was still within its fair share of the 350ppm boundary as of 2015 (the last year of data represented here), but has probably recently overshot it. I address this question in the paper.
Here is the free PDF, where the results are somewhat easier to read than in the HTML version: thelancet.com/action/showPdf…
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