Humanity has a choice , cooperate or perish. this statement was made by UN Secretary General Antonio guterres on the 7th of November at the climate Summit in Egypt . keeping this in mind delegates from around the world are holding high-level talks. to combat the climate crisis they are discussing, scaling up Finance for developing countries to Green their economies, and prepare for global warming impacts .
But numerous posts on social media have criticized many of the delegates. For traveling by private jets to attend the climate Summit in Egypt. Egyptian sources corroborated widespread claims that , some 400 Jets landed during cop 27 . meanwhile samida houses cited lower estimates by flight trackers.
The issue has been raised as passengers and private jets produce far more planet warming emissions per capita than those on commercial flights. according to the European clean transport camping , Group Transport and a private jet can emit two tons of carbon dioxide in an hour, and is 5 to 14 times more polluting per passenger than a commercial plane.
The criticism of private jets also searched during the last UN climate Summit in Glasgow. estimates cited in the media for the number of jets used at that event varied from less than 200 to around 400. This is concerning scientists say climate change caused by humans burning fossil fuses making already devastating disasters worse, and that floods heat waves and droughts are likely to intensify in the decades. to come if emissions are not drastically cut.