A major international climate group opposed to fossil fuels released a study showing the World Economic Forum's annual event triggers an uptick in private jet flights to the region.
‘Outnumbered’ panel reacts to flight data reports on Pete Buttigieg using taxpayer-funded private jets while advocating for reducing carbon emissions, released a study showing that elites largely travel to the World Economic Forum's annual conference via private jets.
"Europe is experiencing the warmest January days ever recorded and communities around the world are grappling with extreme weather events supercharged by the climate crisis," Greenpeace campaigner Klara Maria Schenk said in a statement Friday."Meanwhile, the rich and powerful flock to Davos in ultra-polluting, socially inequitable private jets to discuss climate and inequality behind closed doors.
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