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We all know about the damage done to the environment by industries, households, cows and the release of methane from permafrost. A new report a source of CO2 emissions that few of us aware of - billionaires. The British charity Oxfam has that the lavish lifestyles of the world's wealthiest significantly more CO2 than the average person. It an analysis of the investments and lifestyles of 125 of the world's richest billionaires. The conclusion was that the average billionaire responsible for 3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. This is a million times more than the average person . Collectively, billionaires as much CO2 as France.

The lifestyles of billionaires are to the environment. Luxury yachts, extravagant mansions and private jets the super-rich have a huge carbon footprint. This is bigger by the investments they . Speaking at the COP 27 Climate Change Conference in Egypt, an Oxfam spokesperson details about CO2 and the super-rich. She said: "The major and growing responsibility of wealthy people for overall emissions rarely discussed or in climate policy making. This has to ." She added: "These billionaire investors at the top of the corporate pyramid a huge responsibility for driving climate breakdown. They have accountability for too long."