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5 - Obscene Opulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2023

Laurence L. Delina
Laurence L. Delina
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Summary

As the climate emergency worsens, the wealthiest will suffer from it the least. This is despite the disproportionate contribution of the uber rich in the Minority World – most of whom live obscenely in their opulence – to the continuing climate crisis. In contrast, poorpeople – most of them living in the Majority World – will be hit hardest and most severely by the effects of rapid global heating.

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billionairesneo-liberalismlimitarianismself-sufficiencymoderationtaxationGreen New Deal
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COVID and Climate Emergencies in the Majority World
Confronting Cascading Crises in the Age of Consequences
 , pp. 33 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Obscene Opulence
  • Laurence L. Delina, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Book: COVID and Climate Emergencies in the Majority World
  • Online publication: 22 June 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974455.006
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