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🔴 Ursula Von der Leyen has been accused of contributing to a “climate disaster” after using private jets on more than half of her overseas missions, including short hops to London and Paris

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✈️The European Commission president even jetted to Glasgow for the Cop26 environment summit, which she has called a “moment of truth” for the future of the planet’s battle against climate change

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🌎An analysis by the Telegraph reveals the EU’s top official ordered “air taxis” for 18 out of her 34 official trips since taking up the role in December 2019, on a pledge to turn the bloc carbon-neutral by 2050

✈️The shortest of the journeys was a 31-mile hop between Vienna and Bratislava, as part of Mrs von der Leyen’s tour of European capitals to sign off on their coronavirus recovery plans

🇪🇺On a similar tour, the Commission president took the same private plane between Lisbon and Madrid, a 320-mile trip, before heading to Athens.

The source insisted the trips were “not feasible with commercial flights”.

🛬 Private jets emit as much as 20 times more carbon dioxide per passenger mile than the average commercial flight and 50 times more pulling than trains

✈️ Boris Johnson will fly back to London by private jet when he leaves Glasgow later this week.

Train journeys from Glasgow to London take just four and a half hours, but Downing Street said the PM had “significant time constraints” which meant the train was not an option

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