Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says

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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says
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60% of the US population is like 200 million. 1% of the global population is 80 million. Your maths is way off.

I'd assume something closer to 6% of the US are in the top 1%.

Oh the second source was household income rather than individual, putting the percentage at about 37% of us households are in the globally top 1%.

Still doesn't add up. 37% of the US population is 120 million. 1% of the global population is still 80 million.

Are you comparing US household income to global individual income? If that's the case I can see your percentages working, but that comparison doesn't make much sense so I'm still lost.