Over 500 protesters called out the high emissions lifestyle of the uber-rich and demanded an end to private air travel.
Just ahead of the United Nations climate talks known as COP27 kicking off in Egypt this week, the joint action by Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands targeted the landing strip used by private jets at the Schiphol Airport, one of the largest and busiest in Europe.
“We’ve been campaigning to stop Schiphol’s large-scale pollution for years, and with good reason. The airport should be reducing its flight movements, but instead it’s building a brand new terminal. The wealthy elite are using more private jets than ever, which is the most polluting way to fly. This is typical of the aviation industry, which doesn’t seem to see that it is putting people at risk by aggravating the climate crisis. This has to stop.
The Marechaussee arrest a protester at ‘SOS for the climate’ action at Schiphol Airport – Netherlands OUTTessel Hofstede of Extinction Rebellion explained that a main target of the action is the very nature of the richest people in Europe and around the world who produce a disproportionate level of emissions by the consumption habits their outsized wealth affords.
“The exemptions that apply to Schiphol and for private flights show exactly where the problem lies in tackling the climate crisis,” Hofstede explained. “Schiphol Airport is one of the biggest polluters in the Netherlands, yet almost half of the Dutch population never sets foot in an airplane. The wealthy ‘jet set’ is responsible for most of the flights and the highest carbon emissions, and nothing is being done to stop them.
Such wealthy people, Hofstede added, “are allowed to just carry on producing huge amounts of CO2, while people who are less well off suffer the burden of the climate crisis. This is unfair and unacceptable. It is high time aviation starts complying with the Paris climate agreement.”, “military police moved in and were seen taking dozens of the protesters away in buses.” More than 100 activists were arrested, local outlets reported.
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