Private jets accounted for one out of every two trips to Davos during last year’s World Economic Forum summit.
of “ecological hypocrisy” for hyping their fight against climate change even as they arrive in carbon-spewing private jets.
“Europe is experiencing the warmest January days ever recorded and communities around the world are grappling with extreme weather events supercharged by the climate crisis,” Greenpeace official Klara Maria Schenk said in a statement. “Meanwhile, the rich and powerful flock to Davos in ultra-polluting, socially inequitable private jets to discuss climate and inequality behind closed doors,” Schenk added.of last year’s private jet trips to the annual summit in the Swiss ski town found carbon emissions equivalent to “about 350,000 average cars.” Private planes accounted for 1,040 trips to airports near Davos, or one out of every two flights to the summit, the study revealed.
Record attendance is expected at this year’s event, which kicked off Monday and runs through Friday. Climate change was set to be a major topic of discussion.Greenpeace noted the billionaires’ preference for private travel were at odds with the World Economic Forum’s commitment to the 1.5°C Paris Climate Target – described on the organization’s website as a necessary limit to avert a “catastrophe” related to global warming.Billionaires pour into Davos each year for the annual summit.
“Let’s be clear, the narrative is ugly, the narrative is creating this huge polarization,” Fink said at Davos, according to Bloomberg.
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