On Monday, a private jet traffic jam formed at Glasgow Airport which brought world leaders and business leaders to the COP26 climate summit, reports the Daily Mail. He adds that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is among those who have chosen this CO2-emitting mode of transport.

According to conservative estimates, the fleet of private jets that will bring dignitaries to the COP26 summit in Glasgow on Sunday 12 November will emit 13,000. tons of CO2, which is equivalent to 1.6 thousand. Brits – writes “Daily Mail”.

The founder and chairman of Amazon is among those who attended the United Nations climate conference on private jets. Bezos, who regularly teaches the world about climate change, stole the $ 65 million Gulfstream straight from Bill Gates’ birthday party on a luxury yacht off the coast of Turkey, the daily reports. “It reminded me of green hypocrisy” – estimated the newspaper.

The private jet also chose, among others, Prince Albert of Monaco and the British heir to the throne, Prince Charles, back from the G20 summit in Rome. As the Daily Mail points out, however, the British aristocrat traveled in a machine that used a modified, more environmentally friendly fuel. Another private jet landing in Glasgow was owned by Bank Of America, which boasts of its “sustainability commitment” in its social campaigns, the daily reports.

“Some environmental activists will urge others at COP26 to cut back on air travel and eat less meat, but so far little has been said about the billionaires flying their own planes on routes already served by airlines. regular flights, ”notes the British newspaper. stresses that private plane travel is much more harmful to the environment than commercial flights, as well as rail and road transport.

As the super-rich were picked up from private jets by waiting limousines, hundreds of lower-level delegates were unable to make it to Glasgow due to storms that damaged rail tracks, the Daily Mail recalls . He adds that many of them must have spent the night in one of the stations in London.