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That's 15% and 7% of the CO2 emissions; where is the other 73%? This is pointing blame at the individuals, but individuals can't make a statistically significant impact on the numbers; that's down to governments and legislations. Corporations won't regulate themselves wrt emissions if there's no incentive or legislation for it, not unless they can actually earn money from it. And I know some just sell off their CO2 emissions rights.

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[Edit] If you're right with the 73% ...

The middle 73% is with the middle, aka target of the article - don't anger the people who pay your bills.

I find it hard to believe that the "middle" 49% produce 73% of the emissions, while the top 1% only produce 15%

While I think it's still best for us all to reduce where we can - I also agree that the individual would quickly change their habits if corporations started to charge a sustainable price for their goods instead of leveraging the planets future.

Well, with that numbers the top 1% produces 15x their share of emissions, the 49% produce 1.5x their share of emissions. So the top 1% produce 10x more emissions compared to the middle. Doesn't sound suspicious to me, does it to you?

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