Everyone gets three tons of CO₂ per year, but anyone who needs more will just have to buy it.

Comicartiges Zitatbild mit dunklem Hintergrund und neon-grünen Akzenten zum CO2-Zitat von Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

— Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, climate scientist

The quote outlines a model of individual CO₂ allocation with market-based adjustment.
It shifts climate protection from a collective framework to individual purchasing power and uses economic means as a regulatory instrument. Critically, responsibility is distributed formally equally, while real-life circumstances are ignored. This creates a system in which financial means determine ecological freedom of action.


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