{"id":376153,"date":"2025-04-24T09:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=376153"},"modified":"2025-04-24T09:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:04:41","slug":"climate-adviser-racks-up-40000-air-miles-while-backing-tax-on-frequent-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=376153","title":{"rendered":"Climate adviser racks up 40,000 air miles while backing tax on frequent\u00a0flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Paul Kolk<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nigel Topping<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A leading member of the Climate Change Committee has been accused of hypocrisy for his jet setting activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Telegraph report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigel Topping is one of the six members of Ed Miliband\u2019s <\/em>climate change committee<\/em><\/a>, which in February recommended that ministers consider a new \u201c<\/em>frequent flyer levy<\/em><\/a>\u201d to cut emissions from flights.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee also suggested ministers could increase airfares for holidaymakers by raising flight taxes and ban <\/em>airline reward schemes<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its members, who report to the Government, have called for policies to \u201cmanage demand\u201d among air passengers to cut carbon emissions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe somebody should introduce Mr Topping to video conferencing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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