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Wealthy countries have been found to have lifestyle carbon footprints up to 17 times higher than climate targets, and there is one big culprit.

A new report from the Hot or Cool Institute has warned that meeting the Paris Agreement and limiting global warming to below 1.5°C will be “virtually impossible” without also addressing inequality and overconsumption.

The Berlin-based thinktank analysed the lifestyle carbon footprint for 25 countries, covering high, upper-middle, and lower-middle incomes - the broadest assessment of its kind.

It found that high-income countries must slash their average lif

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