Blocking Private Jets From Flying
Private jet flights can emit more greenhouse gases than the average U.S. citizen creates in an entire year. So around the time that the COP27 climate talks kicked off this November in Egypt, activists staged blockades in airports in Amsterdam, Ibiza, Stockholm, and Milan.
According to data from FlightRadar24, more than 30 private jets landed at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from November 4 to 6, the BBC reported. This occurred despite the fact that COP27 was supposed to be about creating decisive climate action from world leaders. In response, activists around the world asked dignitaries attending the climate talks to ban the use of private jets.
Today Extinction Rebellion and @GreenpeaceNL are blocking all private jets on #Schiphol from flying. Rebel & actor @SiegerSloot: "We’re doing this because Schiphol and all private jets have to stop. Fewer flights. More trains. That’s our message." #SOSfortheClimate #ShrinkAvation pic.twitter.com/5WGW7g542H
— Extinction Rebellion Nederland (@NLRebellion) November 5, 2022
