by Thomas Catenacci
Fox News
The United Nations pushed back against concerns that its upcoming global climate summit in Egypt would result in unnecessary carbon emissions due to the travel required for leaders to attend the event.
International diplomats, observers, activists and journalists are set to descend upon Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend COP27, the UN’s annual climate conference, which is slated to kick off on Nov. 6 and conclude on Nov. 18. International leaders are expected to continue their push for a global green transition from fossil fuels to clean alternatives like solar and wind power during the summit…
“It’s going to be like Davos, where you see all those private jets lined up,” Steve Milloy, a senior legal fellow at the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
“In America, they expect people to get rid of their pets, to change their diet, to drive electric vehicles to reduce emissions, and here you have these clowns flying around wherever they want, staying in these nice places with a huge carbon footprint,” he continued. “Maybe they’ll have a vegan meal and call it day.”
Last year, the UN estimated that its COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, led to a whopping 131,556 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. More than 103,000 tons of the emissions were generated as a result of delegates’ travel.
