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just a click away. find out best documentary on u t. o. yes, all really good morning. see the world as you've never seen it before. describe now t d w documentary i picked to fill out a campus publishing houses in whole 3 a little bit. julian backhouse is headed to frankfort with a staff member there traveling by private jet. vince worn, hung, a park in public transport, is pretty gross. at the moment. he's sharing a cabin with snotty nosed people, coughing everywhere. i avoid it as much as i can or zaden v as you're good.
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it's a short trip from village hoffman to frankfort. just about 500 kilometers. traveling by private jet may be convenient, but it certainly does the climate no favors. i care about climate change. i don't think about it much, vince if everyone behaved like you and flew as often as you do done with it, then it wouldn't work. but luckily the population has split into different groups. dime, part of the small fraction look and get away, but it doesn't own private jets fast cars. yeah. generally the richer people are, the more they contribute to global warming in the lives yard up on in the last few years. we've seen that one key element of being wealthy is how much it harms the planet to 3. moshe,
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how much longer can we afford the indulgent lifestyle of the rich? i'm just reading the article about you and manager magazine. very cool. congratulations. julian backhouse is a publisher of finance and business magazines. today he's going to the frankfurt book fair. the flight takes about an hour. what's the flight cost? about $4000.00 euros per hour. so there and back to hours will set you back a 1000 euros more and more rich people travel this way. the number of private jet flights in germany increased by 9 percent within one year. don't you feel guilty living at the expense of others on that? i mean that's not really the case. i'm not stopping anyone from doing the same. others could do it, but they duct is that okay?
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for me, it's okay for me and i don't think i'm actively humming anyway. if that were the case, i'd probably think about it more often. but so far i haven't seen how i'm deliberately or actively harming anyone. done that before. but carbon emissions are harmful to others. in fact, to all of us, a flight by private jet amidst tons of greenhouse gases were already experiencing the consequences of climate change to date. after all, the climate crisis has long since arrived. fires, droughts, floods with increasing frequency in more and more places. if global warming is not slow down soon, large parts of the earth will become uninhabitable. glover dunwoody due to that,
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i believe that civilization as we know it would an of the info and certainly our idea of a humane society would be over social 1st in professor hands you are him. shane hoover is one of the most renowned climate researchers in the world. his findings are simple and unequivocal. humans must severely restrict c o 2 emissions. our own survival depends on it. on the cell, i sing to reach that target. we calculate that each person on the planet roy is allotted 3 tons of c o 2 emissions per year by mid century like tones, feel thoughtful for figuring steam. so on average, each person's carbon footprint should be 3 tons of carbon dioxide per year. this short trip is responsible for 3 tons of emissions. in theory, julian backhouse has used up his entire year c o 2 allowance with this flight alone
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flight. he afraid i have some bad news due to heavy rain and eagles back. and because the runway is relatively short, we've decided to fly to frankfurt. mind mind would julian doc house cut down on flights and accept a c o 2 cap? that's the same for every one. that was, i think, restrictions like that a pointless. we live in a world that affords us a certain abundance, and i think everyone should have the right to enjoy that all get out of the loop. and he does have that right. no one is stopping julian backhouse from flying by private jet as often as he likes. can you contact? he goes by my chauffeur as waiting there. already done one. can you send him to
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find for mine? mine was already done his on his way over. terrific, up. oh, good. see you later. thank you. very few people can afford private jets or other luxuries which are also the climate to these few people make a big difference. data shows that the richest one percent of the world's population, amid extremely high amounts of greenhouse gases. $8500000000.00 tons per year. to put that into perspective, that's more than the 6 point. 1000000000 tons produced by the entire poor, half of the world's population. ah,
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meanwhile, and the germantown of xander in lower saxony, if you like, line as cycling home from work, flights by private jet, are inconceivable for the klein, family bicycle is the family's main means of transportation. mm. 5 years. we don't want to use our car to much fuel prices are really high and we're thinking about the environment. oh, she has to leave soon to take her daughter to choir practice. emma time to go. her husband works as a cook in a hospital. combined the clients, net monthly income total of about $2600.00 euros. that puts them in the bracket of lower middle class. come on, come here. but from the letter that money has always been tied for the klein's. now that prices keep rising, it's becoming
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a real problem. taking their daughter to choir practice is one of the rare occasions when they use their car. that's mandatory you drive to it because emma can't manage it, but i can that time dance, hide the din palatinate. it's 10 kilometers each way. her diesel car emits 0.005 tons or 5 kilograms of c o. $2.00 and 0, klein would be able to drive her daughter to choir practice $600.00 times before she equal the carbon footprint of a short trip in a private jet. but given the high fuel prices, it's unlikely to come to that the last toil diesel is expensive, it made me spend more on that, and there's less left over for food and clothing. i vinegar, we have to cut back on other things. alice will absolutely mom lies mostly it eats
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into our vacation budget than alice toya of yet lisa sat so that visiting auntie is like going on vacation. she's got a huge pool with alley, the lights above that we still have to dry them out. that cost money to our kids driving a luxury for you? yeah. it's become one for ah, we have on people on tighter budgets tend to pull the, the environment less ah, on the other side of germany nearby. right. members of the german maserati club are meeting up to go for a drive. money seems to be no object here. even in these costly time
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it is under mama's ought to fall if walk special about driving a maserati is the fascination for this car. nasal. we massage, i guess you could call me an old petrol head on it. it's all fun driving these vehicles in my free time is a real joy for me. for falling in mine or fight, saw it for many years. hi, not boil. worked as an engineer for a large car company. most muscle rowdies cause a lot of gas. blue . on this weekend trip alone, i never oil will produce 0.3 tons of c o. 2. theoretically that would equal
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110th of his annual c o. 2 allowance just for this one weekend. the group stops at a car museum. worse i've already set up with more new i we home in the museum has 2 floors, snow middle of it are. motorcycles are on the middle floor. are a few italian muddles, and some majorities mixed in with, you know, it's visual driving a maserati or saving the climate for the people here. it's a hard overhead decision. the die pressing is the problem of climate change for you . does, does to linda schema problem of climate change is certainly very pressing. there's
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no question about that. the scientific evidence we've seen over the last 10 to 15 years english paints have very clear picture on out non pushing close boot is yes. oh, but would they give up their joy rights to stop climate change? yeah, mm hm. we're in a climate crisis and you drive for fun at a mid c o 2 as a hobby. does it make you think twice? laugh, bank life. that was enough that not at all what we're going and i'll tell you why. the oldest the, the of the cars we drive. i mean classic house vintage comes up. they are more than 30 years old already. it was in a thought, the shower there until it is a fog florida. they make up
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a tiny percentage of all the cars that have registered in germany or some food losses in oscar for handling the patterns. familiar, every one can see the problem, but not in their own behavior. are strict laws, the only solution immediately garalia or if we are radically increased regulations and plan. so they'll only be met with resistance because it will be counter productive out asking, thought by the lord that because the people who can afford it will say no, we refuse to hurt us infants. you can't do this to us. we buy maha, docile people aren't willing to be deprived of what they've, what decades to a change. i thought name and not even for the climate debate is definitely not funny. if should some people be allowed to pollute the planet more than others? because everyone must live with the consequences of the climate crisis. the max he out does does is of the, the stove, whether they are allowed to do it is a moral and ethical question which can be discussed by hours and hours to come on there longer to school. but he doesn't actually help the matter comes the,
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i'm for the fact is that's the way it is when it's vital, why fucked is does. so if i miss very much and we all cut back to reduce our carbon footprint i on you default is bullish. that's of course a fair question about, but for me to actually say, i'll get rid of my vintage car to do something for the environment. clean out. so i can tell you quite frankly, no, i'm not prepared to do that. others kind of a lot of people here oppose the idea of cut backs or bands. they paid their hopes on something else that often torsional technology, they should, we must develop climate friendly technology and climate friendly energy as quickly as possible. and again, as us rely on tech over making sacrifices, co, exactly, guns galore material issues of course is it's very convenient to say that miracle technology will be here one day. the will that way we can carry on sleeping at
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night and continue flying and going on cruises and whatnot. but we're lying to ourselves. la jada luke lung, fission to touch it. c o 2 emissions. nita fall dramatically waiting for new technologies will take too long, of course, which people are not the only ones polluting the environment. but marty, your yes please. people with low incomes are especially feeling the rising energy prices. the clients have turned down their heating and they're curious about their carbon footprint. they punch some information into an online seo to calculator to work it out. they answer various questions about their lifestyle, eating habits and house m o m. toys unusually refurbished. no. i had some type of hating for sa,
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so homes come yeah, yes. look flights within europe? none as well. again, this is as we have a carbon footprint of 6.99 tons of c o 2. under the german average is $10.00 tons your new sort of bit below the total $6.00 tons of c o 2 per person. that puts them well below the german average, but they're still over the 3 town limit that would be necessary to achieve the climate targets. one big point working against them is their gas heating. yet done with that we would need to refurbish the house to save energy in a new spot on the same or in a get is as on your own or thermal retrofitting cavity. wall insulation hold on them, all gas renovating and insulating the roof. is that realistic? no, no, no. what does it cost
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a lot of and it may not look like it, but the house is poorly insulated. the windows are from the 19 seventies and the walling is more than 100 years old with them. and they notice that when you touch the wall and that will soon be delivered to heat more in winter than people in a modern house on the only way to substantially cut their carbon emissions would be to invest money. they simply don't have a yield water. so there's a limit to how much you can save understand. i think we've basically reached it or duster some small good anymore caught soon. we couldn't do anything. any more. does man uh we would lose what little quality of life we have. disposition basil name is quality. tommy alcohol for law declines just don't have the means to invest more in climate protection. they would need support to achieve the 3 ton target invoice.
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the 2nd my, i think it's pretty unfair that we have to scrimp and save while others shall out more and more because they can afford to move. i scared of her. i don't think it's run finished. mission. ordinal. these figures underscore her point. while the average german emits about 11 tons of greenhouse gases per year, the wealthy produce a great deal more millionaires each. i met more than $100.00 tons per year. the very richest people on the planet. a small group of global multi millionaires are responsible for much higher emissions. people with a net worth of more than $20000000.00 euros produce an average of $2300.00 tons of greenhouse gases per year, with their yachts villas, flights, and environmentally harmful investments. in the loops near huffman, in the last few years, we've seen that one key element of being wealthy is how much it harms the planet to
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chemistry. curtis, this marina barcelona is a meeting place for the ultra wealthy. stefan gearhart has a business appointment. here he travels a lot and flies frequently. his company's own hotels and apartments all over the world. are law motivated for toilet warner. one will have individual apartments all over the world. his miami beach is stumble to me in, but to me, georgia and so on. ah, when so later on we thought we could do with one and spin to an invoice for owner an appointment. and my yorker turned into a boat and barcelona would involve. so when are you or the company yard here in barcelona, is both a hotel and an office for him. stefan
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garrett is a multi millionaire. he made his fortune in the tourism industry. graham, he all can patch up an only fly, otherwise it gets too hot. the captain always said, certainly he'll get hard is away on business trips. most of the time he flies hundreds of thousands of kilometers per year. that alone results in c o. 2 emissions of well over 100 tons per year, which many open tourists must tourism is my business, which i work in the industry that makes its money from people travelling thought. of course you can cut back if a trip isn't necessary for both. but if you need to travel for your job, who would like to keep everything running smoothly? dolphins will be crazy. not too long in vines, in this mr. torn. what is necessary for the job is obvious for him. climate change please. an interesting role than his sector. vacate callers. what
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role just climate change play when you make an investment decision came of under moon business. really, your finances tricky question really should be of the bones. nicole had a smile a bit at that. always. he does it from of course be considered tier one, but probably not in the way you would think him talk esthetician boys. we take great interested in making investments in the tourism sector in places where we think climate change could benefit us once put in palm trees. on the baltic coast eisen and missionary san k, or say that so it might be one day long wheel. it's certainly gotten warmer. was target was a number of invoice. well, more give all this up so we keep an eye on it at the all fall. but only in deciding where to invest in the so we can take advantage of climate change was tim kalima, bundled scene kernan, tourism, or saving the climate. it's a conflict of interest gear hard can't deny. he highlights some of his projects, installing solar panels antennas, courts, or sustainably renovating
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a few hotels. but even he knows that won't be enough in its mission with not stupid . i do think about what i could do better summer and had to prevent this impending catastrophe. dizzy curtis, what i can do, what everyone can do a somehow. but if i don't know what to do, i'm glad it would be helpful if someone said more than just one. this is what's going to happen. and we are so busy. i need someone to do what i do as a consultant, to say here is what we need to do. ask for one thing. that's what i'm missing one for this tool. when does fail me? there certainly is one idea, but it wouldn't come cheap for people like stefan gearhart. ah, the damage correct. but i told them every person gets an allowance of 3 tons of c o 2 emissions per year from also say if you need to use more, you have to buy it or not a shift. there were people who don't really need this amount any way, could sell part of it and earn a little extra healthy him. percent of billionaire would have to buy an extra
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$100.00 tons per year, feel safe from the full employer. the to co from is this reasonable? does it border on expropriation douglas onto desk in mind for the greater good half to take precedence an idea, but the compromise is right there with my wealth. i can buy the freedom to emit more carbon yield seals. what i have to pay for it, i don't just get it for free stuff is the woman killed, the sprinkler driven east ministry for economic affairs is now also responsible for climate action. how does minister all that? how back see the situation? the shock and no say to any camera, you put me in front of we are too light. the situation is serious. if we reach the tipping point and the climate crises spirals out of control or will me won't just
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be a question of a slightly lower quality of life. we're talking about a real danger to human life. people will lose their lives, they will be drowned. people will no longer be able to live as they do to day. there will be was, these are all realistic scenarios here. this dishes pub x assessment is clear. well, he introduces c o 2 cap for every one. he doesn't want to go that far, consultant, i'm not focused on the question of individual caps and the statistics right now. i'm looking at the concrete matches i can achieve is through renewable energy retrofitting buildings. you name is what is on the, on humans. of course, all of these measures are necessary, but without wealthy people making major cutbacks, we will never be able to reduce carbon emissions, enough be void and cedar. and what's your plan to get the rich to a metal? a seo tools the puddle production as a home and product is not manufactured in climate friendly waves have to become more expensive. it's year. then they will change dantzler path that europe as
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a whole is taking, and germany is to open it and in large from all good, i'm as a study, it's a question of a quality thing. if we have a limited amount of c o 2, we can emit if we take the climate target seriously than it should be distributed fairly, that means a cap or person of that's, that's what in also, so societies, we solve the question of inequality not by prohibiting prosperity work all the acquisition of welfare, but by taxation apples along the destroyer. but up until now, taxes have not deterred the rich from living their lives of luxury. is it possible we won't succeed in tackling the climate crisis? is it ambitious and demanding? i can't swear that we will succeed, but we definitely can succeed as future. yet, even ha begs own expert counsel warns that the measure is taken so far are inadequate. and in equality when it comes to carbon emissions will only get worse.
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ah, while the carbon footprint of most middle class people in the world has stayed about the same for the last 30 years, the emissions of multi millionaires, the richest 0.01 percent in the world has almost doubled in the same time from around $1300.00 tons to more than $2300.00 tons per person. ah, still most politicians shy away from raining in the rich and yet not doing so restrict the lives of so many more people. as can doubtless, many people will live many generations after us. and i think they should have a good life to did. he said now who go to sleep model? it's not just about what is fair, but what is necessary you
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can, we can only do is if every one joins in if 10 percent decide not to. there's no point in us doing it. they're the ones destroying things. of course, we all have to fight climate change together. but if the rich don't do their part, this battle cannot be won. mm ah. stories of the world over the information. they provide the opinions, they want to express d, w on facebook and twitter, up to date and in touch. follow us. how can journalism help us in
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