LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan lectured Londoners about going green while jetting around the circumference of the globe FOURTEEN times over during his time in office.
The two-faced Labour chief and his top team have racked up an absurd 361,146 air miles during his time in City Hall so far, Sun analysis reveals.
Sadiq Khan lectured Londoners about going green while jetting around the circumference of the globe FOURTEEN times over during his time in office
That’s enough to fly around the world 14 times, or travel to the moon and around it 18 times.
And it would emit nearly 200 tonnes of carbon – and would require another 10,000 trees to be planted to suck it up.
The London Mayor claimed he had to go to this week’s eco-conference in sunny Buenos Aires in person rather than virtually – despite it being nearly 7,000 miles away.
He is attending the gathering alongside the Deputy Mayor for the Environment and Energy, Shirley Rodrigues – and another FIVE members of staff.
He has also travelled to Poland, San Francisco, LA, New York, Copenhagen and Rotterdam on official trips since he’s been in office.
Tony Devenish AM, GLA Conservatives environment spokesperson, told HOAR: “Londoners will be wondering which is heavier: the 23.1 tons of CO2 Sadiq Khan and his team will emit on the flights, or the hot air he will put out when he gives his inane speech. Hasn’t he heard of Zoom?
“Sadiq Khan’s flagship environment policy is in pieces. He should cancel his jaunt to Argentina, chuck his ULEZ plans in the shredder and start taking real action.”
The Mayor’s office said last night that the climate change conference was paying for his flights – and would “offset” any emissions from the conference.
And they defended the decision, saying they would be giving sustainable aviation fuel to British Airways to make the long-haul flight more green.
But it does not change his commercial flight – and just goes into a general pot.
City Hall said he has plans for 17 meetings in his time at the C40 summit – and all travel costs were paid for by the conference and not taxpayer cash.
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London said last night: “Climate change is the biggest threat facing our planet, with cities responsible for 70% of carbon emissions worldwide.
“As the elected Chair of the C40 network of global cities, the Mayor is attending the C40 World Mayors Summit to lead critical discussions on the direct action major cities can take to help tackle the climate crisis while creating millions of new green jobs.
“London is a global city and the Mayor and his deputy mayors have always played a vital role in banging the drum for the capital overseas to promote growth and to generate new trade and investment opportunities.
“This role is now more important than ever as we work to recover from the impact of the pandemic and the economic damage recently caused by the Government.”
