For fossil-fuel emitting governments, climate action should start at home

By Steve Lorteau, SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, University of Toronto

Many assume that big publicly traded oil companies and private individuals are primarily responsible for climate change. And there is some truth to this assumption.

Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and other fossil fuel companies continue to be some of the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters.

But, a few individuals also play a disproportionate role in global emissions. Oxfam found that 125 of the world’s richest billionaires emit roughly three…

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