‘Around 400 private jets fly royals and ‘green’ CEOs to climate summit’ Abroad

That writes The Daily Mail. Hundreds of private jets, a few of which belong to one of Bezos’ companies, including Prince Albert of Monaco, numerous royal families and dozens of ‘green’ CEOs, have landed in recent days for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

In fact, air traffic was so busy last Sunday that some planes had to fly to nearby Prestwick to park the planes. Some also landed in Edinburgh before presumably traveling overland.

On Sunday reported The Daily Mail that at least 52 private planes had landed in Glasgow and the total number of flights landed for the conference was estimated at 400. The private jets are expected to emit a total of 13,000 tons of carbon dioxide, according to the Daily Mail – which is equal to the amount that 1300 Dutch people consume in a whole year.

G20 in Rome

Many of the passengers on the private jets, including Prince Charles, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, came from the G20 meeting in Rome. Prince Albert of Monaco also chose to come by private jet.

Joe Biden landed in Edinburgh on Monday, while Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Emmanuel Macron arrived in Glasgow. According to the Daily Mail, President Biden alone will generate an estimated one million pounds of carbon to reach the top, thanks to a fleet of four planes, the Marine One helicopter and a massive motorcade including The Beast and numerous SUVs.

Hundreds of other climate summit visitors were a little less fortunate when a major storm shut down the train connection last Sunday. Many travelers therefore failed to reach the climate summit and some even had to sleep on the floor of Euston station in London.

The Glasgow Climate Change Conference will run from October 31 to November 12.

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