Significantly more private jets landed in Antalya around climate conference

Oxfam's analysis says 94 private jets that landed around the conference's start emitted about 816 tonnes of CO2.

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Around the start of the UN climate conference in Antalya, 94 private jets landed — 23.5 times more than in the same period last year — Oxfam’s analysis shows. The conference began Monday, but the data do not confirm whether the passengers attended.

The flights, tracked by Polluterjet, are estimated to have emitted about 816 tonnes of CO2. Oxfam criticized the climate impact and noted that about 250,000 people globally use private jets.

Oxfam’s international director Amitabh Behar urged action: "The governments must stop treating the extraordinarily polluting luxuries of the super-rich as an untouchable privilege."