Private jet flights are sky-high and reaching records. While many of us struggle with putting food on the table and paying our bills, the global fleet of private jets has more than doubled in the last two decades.
Private jets and other luxury emissions are not currently regulated as such and largely excluded from key legislation that is supposed to tackle #GreenhouseGasEmissions.
The scandal doesn’t stop at private jets: business flights, frequent flyer programmes, and other “bullshit flights” are also the problem. Only 1% of people are responsible for half of all #emissions from flying.
Ein weiterer Faktor welcher viel zu selten angesprochen wird:
Ungleichheit bei CO₂-Emissionen:
Die Millionen-Tonnen-Menschen
"Milliardäre emittieren durch ihre Investitionen millionenfach so viel CO₂ wie der globale Durchschnitt. .
125 Milliardär*innen sind durch ihre Investitionen für etwa so viele Treibhausgase verantwortlich wie ganz Frankreich: 393 Millionen Tonnen CO2 jährlich. So heißt es in einer Analyse der Entwicklungsorganisation Oxfam. Pro Person sind das rund 3,1 Millionen Tonnen im Jahr – zum Vergleich: Im globalen Durchschnitt emittiert ein Mensch etwa 6 Tonnen im Jahr."
The Shutdown of “Luxury Emissions” Should Be at the Center of Climate Revolt
"Climate disorder won’t be remedied through an orderly march of green energy. The world must also rein in consumption.
“The superrich have got used to polluting as they please with a total disregard for people and planet, and private jets are the pinnacle of these luxury emissions that we simply cannot afford,” Jonathan Leggett, one of the activists, told us. “Our action brought them back to earth. We wanted to show the extremeness and injustice related to this manner of transport.”"