The Glasgow climate summit could already be considered the height of hypocrisy and cynicism. Millionaires like the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos , supposed champions of the fight against climate change, lead a parade of 400 private jets landing almost in unison at the UN Conference on Climate Change (CP26), including the Prince Albert of Monaco and Prince Charles of England , dozens of royals and dozens of other CEOs of multinationals who brag about being ‘green’ while causing an extraordinary air traffic jam. This was also joined by Pedro Sánchez , flying in his polluting presidential plane from Rome, where he attended the G-20 meeting.
The environmental millionaires who force us to reduce air travel and substitute meat for insects, allow themselves to travel in their private jets to nothing less than a crisis of climate change. The curious picture arose that when these super-wealthy activists were taken to their waiting limousines, hundreds of less fortunate delegates had to sleep on the floor of London’s Euston station due to the brutal storms that paralyzed rail links. with Glasgow.
In a single day, the Daily Mail counted at least 52 private jets landing in Glasgow, while estimates put the total number of flights for the conference at 400. The most optimistic predictions suggest that the fleet of private jets arriving by CP26 they will emit 13,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the equivalent of the amount consumed by more than 1,600 Britons in a year.
Bezos’s hypocrisy
Bezos recently announced that he will allocate 10 billion dollars (about 9.2 billion euros) to finance scientists, activists, non-profit organizations and other groups that fight to protect the environment and counteract the effects of climate change, said the manager.
The Amazon founder, who spends his time lecturing the world on climate change, arrived in Glasgow in his private Gulf Steam plane valued at € 70 million , after celebrating the 66th birthday of Microsoft founder Bill Gates on a superyacht. of 2.3 million euros a week off the coast of Turkey in an event that generated much criticism against green hypocrisy, so much so that it reached the ship by helicopter.
According to Bezos himself, reducing emissions is one of the main challenges for Amazon. The e-commerce company delivers 10 billion items a year, has a significant footprint from the transportation and data centers it operates, and faces fierce criticism from environmentalists and other lobbyists, including its own staff, for the ecological impact of Your activities.
