The editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme has admitted putting a presenter on a flight to Sweden to meet climate activist Greta Thunberg “felt awkward”,
Greta avoids air travel because of what she says its considerable environmental impact and uses other methods of travel. She has faced stinging criticism for the fact that her trips have ended up causing more CO2 emissions due to the staff involved.
Mishal Husain went on a return flight to Stockholm to interview her.
Programme editor Sarah Sands told the Sunday Times: “We did discuss that among ourselves. It felt awkward but we did not have the time for trains or boats. Greta is not actually judgmental towards individuals, accepting that other people will not all conform to her high standards and asking only for people to do what they can.”
The paper said the trip to Stockholm is estimated to have amounted to almost half a ton of carbon dioxide emissions per person.
She takes a stand against more polluting forms of transport by sailing rather than flying or travelling in cars.
Greta arrived in New York in August after a 15-day, 3,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic to take part in a UN climate summit.
She sailed from Plymouth in the UK on a zero-emissions yacht to limit the carbon footprint of her travel. She then set sail in November from the US to a UN climate summit in Madrid, Spain. The crew had to fly home from New York resulting in considerable CO2 output.
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