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Today, @pb4p is introducing a Bill to ban private jets from Ireland.
These are the epitome of social and climate injustice, where the richest 1% is responsible for 16% of global emissions, but the poorest pay the price.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/paulmurphy_TD/status/1659112550208765953
We have about 320 Gt of CO2 left in the carbon budget globally to give us a 50% chance of avoiding going over 1.5 degrees warming. We are emitting about 40 Gt of CO2 a year.
We cannot waste this budget on conspicuous consumption by the wealthy. We need it for a just transition.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/paulmurphy_TD/status/1659112554700873729
The average private jet to or from Ireland emits about 10 tonnes of carbon, just slightly under what the average Irish person emits in an entire year, or the equivalent of driving 40,000km.
We are in an emergency, we are running out of time, and we need to act.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/paulmurphy_TD/status/1659112552834408450