Justin Welby has been dubbed the 'Archbishop of Airmiles' and accused of hypocrisy for flying around the world while pressuring congregations to achieve net zero.
Green evangelist Welby accused of hypocrisy for racking up 48,000 air miles. The archbishop jetted abroad on ten trips since September to exotic locations Justin Welby has been dubbed the 'Archbishop of Airmiles' and accused of hypocrisy for flying around the world while pressuring congregations to achieve net zero.
The flights alone would have added at least 15 tons of carbon dioxide emissions to his carbon footprint.This break down shows the far flung destinations Welby flew to since September 2023, how many miles he covered, and the resulting carbon emissionsHis trips have enraged parishioners and officials who pointed out its incompatibility with the Church of England's Net Zero strategy.
'His own diocese is showing a catastrophic fall in numbers attending — the worst figures for young people of any diocese — yet he is too busy to attend to it.' The Archbishop travelled nearly 2000 miles in February to speak at the opening of the 100th Diocesan Synod in Lisbon, Portugal.'The Armenia visit was good as it was to support Christians who were being oppressed.Some officials were angered by the Archbishop's recent trip to Zanzibar where they accused him of misunderstanding Britain's role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
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