Climate activists across Europe and the United States blocked entrances to airports to protest emissions from the aviation industry and call for a ban on private jets.
Climate activists across Europe and the United States blocked entrances to airports Thursday to protest emissions from the aviation industry and call for a ban on private jets.
Protests were staged in the United Kingdom at Farnborough Airport and London Luton Airport’s Harrods Terminal. Similar actions were carried out in Milan, Italy, and Stockholm, Sweden. The activists targeted private jets because they represent the contributions of the ultrarich — and their lifestyles — to global greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this year, celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner facedThe protests occurred as world leaders gather this week in Egypt for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The activists also called out the lack of progress during U.N. climate talks. Past conferences have, for instance, failed to properly address funding to countries least responsible for global warming and most affected by climate change.
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