Climate adviser racks up 40,000 air miles while backing tax on frequent flyers

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By Paul Homewood

h/t Paul Kolk

A leading member of the Climate Change Committee has been accused of hypocrisy for his jet setting activities.

The Telegraph report:

A government climate adviser who backed a tax on frequent flyers racked up 40,000 air miles in a year by jetting to environmental conferences.

Nigel Topping is one of the six members of Ed Miliband’s climate change committee, which in February recommended that ministers consider a new “frequent flyer levy” to cut emissions from flights.

The committee also suggested ministers could increase airfares for holidaymakers by raising flight taxes and ban airline reward schemes.

Its members, who report to the Government, have called for policies to “manage demand” among air passengers to cut carbon emissions.

But Telegraph analysis shows Mr Topping himself accrued 11 times more air miles in the last year than the average Briton, with travel to summits in high-end hotels on three continents.

Full story here.

Maybe somebody should introduce Mr Topping to video conferencing!