UN Climate Conference 2021: Aviation

(asked on 1st November 2021) - View Source

Question

To ask the President of COP26, how many and what proportion of UK Government ministers travelled by air to COP26 in Glasgow.


Answered by
Michael Ellis Portrait
Michael Ellis
This question was answered on 5th November 2021

Our default approach is that travel to and from Glasgow is by train or other appropriate public ground transportation. COP26 will be carbon neutral. Our principal priority is to reduce emissions from the conference with any unavoidable carbon emissions from COP26 to be offset. We are working to achieve PAS2060 Carbon Neutrality validation for COP26 to ensure this approach. We have also encouraged delegates to consider low-carbon travel options and will be offsetting the emissions associated with travel, including those of the COP President and UK officials in the run up to COP26.

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