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That would probably fix our emissions as well.
Killing the poorest 90% wouldn't even halve emissions - based on current behaviour (of course a world with only 10% left would cause such a radical restructuring of society it is impossible to say what would happen).
It would slow things down but were the remaining 10% to Jevons the Earths resources it still wouldn't be enough to prevent catastrophic climate change.