Boris Johnson will travel home from Cop26 by
private plane
PM to fly from Glasgow to London in plane run partly
on sustainable fuel rather than taking 4.5-hour train
Rowena
Mason Deputy political editor
Mon 1 Nov
2021 17.40 GMT
Boris
Johnson is flying back from the Cop26 climate conference on a private plane
rather than the train after spending two days warning world leaders to reduce
their emissions.
The prime
minister left himself open to accusations of hypocrisy after urging other
countries to do everything possible to pledge lower emissions and warning that
they would be judged by their children if they fail to act.
Johnson
flew into Cop26 in Glasgow from Rome after attending the G20 of world leaders.
But instead of getting the train, which takes about four and a half hours, he
has decided to take a short internal flight from Glasgow to London.
Earlier, he
told a roundtable of leaders of developing nations: “When it comes to tackling
climate change, words without action, without deeds are absolutely pointless.”
The prime
minister is one of hundreds of world leaders and businesspeople who have
chartered planes to attend the conference aimed at limiting global temperature
rises to less than 1.5C. Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, was one of those who
flew in to Scotland for the conference.
Johnson’s
spokesperson defended the move, saying the plane ran partly on “sustainable
aviation fuel” and emitted about half the emissions other aircraft. The plane
will still cause far more emissions than a trip by train.
“It’s
important the PM is able to move around the country. We have obviously faced
significant time constraints,” Johnson’s official spokesperson said.
The plane –
an Airbus A321 – appears to have been leased from a company called Titan
Airways, while the prime minister’s usual Voyager is being serviced. His
spokesperson said: “The plane is one of the most carbon-efficient planes of its
size in the world. It produces 50% less CO2 emissions than, for example, the
larger Voyager plane.”
Prince
Charles also flew from Rome to Glasgow on a private plane separately from the
prime minister. It also used sustainable aviation fuel – a mixture of
conventional fuel and biofuel.
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