NL Times
March 30, 2023
The number of flights with private jets tripled since 2019, and with that, their CO2 emissions quadrupled, Greenpeace reported based on research by CE Delft. Across Europe, there were 573,000 private jet flights last year, causing almost 3.4 million tons of CO2, Trouw reports.
Greenpeace put those emissions in perspective: 3.4 million tons of CO2 is the same as what 550,000 inhabitants of the European Union emit per year. It’s also the same as the annual emissions of 3.3 million Africans, showing the “shameless inequality” of these “luxury emissions,” Greenpeace said.