Published: 9th January 2026 The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming - only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January.

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“Today’s ruling is an important step in protecting human rights and respecting the equality of all people. The European Court of Justice found that the ghetto law could potentially lead to direct discrimination based on ethnicity and is therefore potentially in violation of EU law prohibiting discrimination. Now the Danish High Court has the final say.

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