PLYMOUTH: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being criticised for flying to the Group of Seven summit assembly in Cornwall, somewhat than taking the prepare, as he presses world leaders to do extra to combat international warming.
Environmental activists bombarded Johnson’s Twitter feed with options that the prime minister ought to follow what he preaches after he posted a photograph of himself climbing off the airplane accompanied by a name to make the world higher, fairer and greener.
I’ve arrived in Cornwall for this yr’s @G7 the place I’ll be asking my fellow leaders to rise to the problem of beating the pandemic and constructing again higher, fairer and greener.
Will probably be a busy and necessary Summit, and I can’t wait to get began.#G7UK pic.twitter.com/H4VSQ2SCD6
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) June 9, 2021
That is how severe Boris Johnson is about combating the local weather emergency: He flew to Cornwall, Zarah Sultana, a lawmaker from the opposition Labour Social gathering, tweeted in response.
In keeping with figures posted on the U.Okay. authorities web site, home flights generate about six occasions extra greenhouse gases than rail journey.
A prepare journey to Cornwall takes about 5 hours, in contrast with lower than 90 minutes for a flight.
Johnson is internet hosting leaders from the world’s seven richest democracies throughout this weekend’s summit on the Carbis Bay resort in Cornwall.
The agenda contains talks on local weather change, the worldwide response to COVID-19 and the taxation of multinational firms.
