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Graph showing relationship between wealth and C02 emissions

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The graph here shows that wealth as measured by GWP per capita correlates far more closely than world population with anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This very nicely supports the argument made by David Knight in his paper on Population, Wealth, and Climate Change. A recent Royal Society report also supported this.

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