Traveling to the World Economic Forum by private jet? Greenpeace calls for a ban.
According to Greenpeace International, 1,040 private jets carried passengers attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023. These private jets generated CO2 emissions four times higher than in an average week.
Posted on 14.1.2023
RND reports that according to a study commissioned by Greenpeace, one in two private jet landings during the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2022 could be attributed to the meeting. For next week’s annual meeting, Greenpeace is therefore calling for a ban on private flights that harm the climate.
Shortly before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Greenpeace called for a ban on climate-damaging private jet flights.
According to a study commissioned by Greenpeace, during the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2022, one in two private jet landings could be attributed to the encounter. For next week’s annual meeting, Greenpeace is therefore calling for a ban on climate-damaging private flights.
Berlin/Davos. Shortly before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Greenpeace called for a ban on climate-damaging private jet flights. The European Commission is expected to pave the way for such a provision in the current review of the Air Transport Regulation, the environmental organization said on Friday. During next week’s World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountains, the number of climate-damaging short-haul private jet flights will rise sharply again.
According to a study carried out by the consultancy firm CE Delft at the request of Greenpeace International, 1040 private jets landed or took off from the seven airports located near Davos during the period of the 2022 annual meeting. In a normal week, this figure increases amounts to 540 flights on average. About one in two can therefore be attributed to the encounter.
Getting to the World Economic Forum by private jet
“The rich and powerful flocked to Davos to discuss climate and inequality. To do this, they use the most polluting means of transport in the world: the private jet,” criticized Klara Maria Schenk of Greenpeace. A large part of the flights were also very short, more than half being less than 750 kilometers.
The World Economic Forum itself aims to advance international climate policy. Not only are many events organized on this topic, but the annual meeting must also be climate-neutral. Thus, the forum expressly recommends its participants to come by train and advises them to forgo short-haul flights.
