Inheritance model – Science Poetry

It starts
The place for the ledger
Thorn and settle down
Not covered,
Entering will never
Unplug the ink.
In a distant room,
Digital coil
Say the stock
A harvest
overflow
No touch,
No ground.
still
Weight travel –
Golden shadow
Fold into
Each rupture
and broken season.

The poem is inspired by recent research that found that the wealthiest people, the richest, had a global average of 20 times higher since 1990.

Climate change continues to reveal serious injustices, as those who make the least contribution to the crisis often suffer the worst consequences. Not only is this a matter of inequality among countries, poor countries face increasing extreme climates, but in which wealthier people tend to put greater responsibility for emissions, but still align with the worst effects. Despite the increasing awareness of these patterns, limited evidence links the lifestyle and investments of the wealthiest population groups to specific climate impacts around the world.

This study helped close the gap. By examining global greenhouse gas emissions related to consumption and investment between 1990 and 2020, the study shows that the richest 10% are responsible for the two-thirds of the warmth we see today, while the top 1% make up a fifth of the shares – making their personal contribution far above the global average. The analysis also reveals how these emissions exacerbate extreme weather events, with the wealthiest populations rising dramatically in deadly heat waves and droughts, especially in vulnerable areas such as the Amazon, Africa and parts of Asia. By quantifying this link, the study provides valuable evidence to strengthen debates around climate justice and urgently needs to address inequality in accountability and vulnerability.