Private jet emissions driven up nearly 50% by world’s wealthiest individuals
By Jack Aylmer (Energy Correspondent), Jake Larsen (Video Editor), Heath Cary (Graphics)
A recent study by a European research team has highlighted a significant surge in carbon pollution from private jets, with emissions increasing by 46% since 2019. The report, published Thursday, Nov. 7, analyzed data from over 18.5 million flights across approximately 26,000 private aircraft during the last five years.
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In 2023, private flights taken by around 250,000 of the world’s wealthiest individuals contributed 17.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. That equates to the annual emissions of Tanzania.
“This report presents further proof that billionaires are causing the climate crisis,” Jonathan Westin, executive director of the Climate Organizing Hub, said. “They are clinging to their private jets and oil profits while regular people see increasing floods, hurricanes and wildfires.”
The study’s lead author, Stefan Gössling, who also serves as a transportation researcher at the business school of Sweden’s Linnaeus University, noted that many of these flights weren’t business-related, and instead, a large portion were actually leisure trips.
“The damage is done by those with a lot of money and the cost is borne by those with very little money,” Gössling said. “The problem is that the 26,000 aircraft and the individuals using them will say ‘We are just a small group. We are not relevant in terms of emissions.’ But everybody else will look at the small group and say, ‘Look these are the super-emitters, if they are not relevant, how can we be relevant?”
According to the research team, the highest-emitting private jet user tracked in the study produced 2,645 tons of carbon dioxide from flights alone. That’s more than 500 times the global average per person.
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Although the aviation sector as a whole accounts for about 4% of global carbon emissions, private jets are responsible for 1.8%, nearly half of the industry’s total.
[Jack]
CARBON POLLUTION FROM PRIVATE JETS HAS SPIKED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THIS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED THURSDAY BY A EUROPEAN RESEARCH TEAM-
WHO EXAMINED OVER 18-AND-A-HALF MILLION FLIGHTS BY ABOUT 26,000 AIRPLANES TO REACH THEIR CONCLUSIONS.
THEY FOUND THE EMISSIONS TOTAL FROM PRIVATE JETS HAS INCREASED BY NEARLY 50 PERCENT SINCE 2019.
A TWO HOUR FLIGHT ON ONE OF THESE PLANES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAME LEVEL OF AIR POLLUTION CREATED BY AN AVERAGE PERSON OVER AN ENTIRE YEAR OF THEIR LIFE.
IN JUST 20-23-
ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION OF THE WORLD’S WEALTHIEST INDIVIDUALS- COLLECTIVELY WORTH 31 TRILLION DOLLARS-
TOGETHER PRODUCED OVER 17 MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THESE FLIGHTS-
A TOTAL EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THE ENTIRE NATION OF TANZANIA EMITS IN A YEAR.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CLIMATE ORGANIZING HUB SAYS THIS RESEARCH IS PROOF THAT BILLIONAIRES ARE CAUSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
WHILE THE STUDY’S LEAD AUTHOR SAYS MANY OF THE PRIVATE FLIGHTS THEY TRACKED WERE NOT EVEN BUSINESS RELATED-
AND IN MOST CASES WERE SIMPLY CHARTERED FOR PLEASURE.
ADDING THIS DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS BEING DONE BY THE WORLD’S WEALTHIEST INDIVIDUALS-
WHILE THOSE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MONEY ARE FORCED TO BEAR THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THOSE ACTIONS.
THE HIGHEST EMITTING PRIVATE JET USER THE TEAM TRACKED PUT OVER TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE FROM THEIR FLIGHTS ALONE.
WHICH IS OVER 500 TIMES MORE EMISSIONS THAN THE GLOBAL PER PERSON AVERAGE.
IN TOTAL, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY ABOUT FOUR PERCENT OF HUMANITY’S CARBON OUTPUT-
BUT PRIVATE JETS MADE UP ALMOST HALF OF THAT FIGURE.
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Click to see story on Irish IndependentPrivate jet carbon emissions soar 46%, study shows
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Click to see story on Evening StandardPrivate jet use jumps – and so do emissions (even to a climate summit)
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Private jet emissions increase nearly 50% in four years
Click to see story on GloboEmissions from private jets soar by nearly 50% in four years – research
Click to see story on Shropshire StarCarbon: jet emissions grow almost 50% in 4 years – 08/11/2024
Click to see story on UOLPrivate flight emissions almost doubled in four years
Click to see story on Het Belang van LimburgPrivate flights to holiday paradise – emissions are increasing
Click to see story on Svenska DagbladetLuxury flying in times of climate change: CO2 emissions from private jets are rising sharply
Click to see story on KurierCarbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars – The Morning Sun
Click to see story on Morning SunPrivate jet carbon emissions soar 46%: study
Click to see story on Space DailyPrivate Jet Emissions Surged by Nearly 50% This Decade
Click to see story on Science AlertCO2 emissions from private flights have risen sharply
Click to see story on inFranken.deCarbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years
Click to see story on NewScientistEmissions from private jets climb nearly 50% during 2019-23, study finds « Carbon Pulse
Click to see story on Carbon PulsePrivate jets are proliferating on the back of the climate
Click to see story on Le TempsCarbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars
Click to see story on Mid Florida NewspapersThe private jets of the rich, a growing burden on the environment
Click to see story on MediafaxEnormous growth: Private jets are becoming increasingly relevant as climate polluters
Click to see story on der Standard DEEmissions from private jets soar by nearly 50% in four years – research
Click to see story on Jersey Evening PostCO2 emissions from private jets are rising sharply
Click to see story on vol.atPrivate jet carbon emissions soar 46%: study
Click to see story on Insider PaperCO2 emissions from private jets are increasing sharply – The Observatorial
Click to see story on observatorial.comPrivate jet emissions soar almost 50% in four years – Luxembourg Times – EUROP INFO
Click to see story on EURO-NEWSPrivate jet use jumps – and so do emissions (even to a climate summit)
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