People are often complaining that the environmental cost of COP26 sits against what it's trying to achieve. I wanted to explore this a bit further and put some figures against it to understand what the impacts really are in terms of numbers. 
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/about-heathrow/performance/airport-operations/traffic-statistics">Heathrow Figures</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/gatwick-key-facts/">Gatwick Figures</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56723560">BBC - Who are taking flights?</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/jul/19/carbon-calculator-how-taking-one-flight-emits-as-much-as-many-people-do-in-a-year">Flight carbon calculator</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://howrichami.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i">How Rich am I? Top 5%</a></li>
</ul>

People are often complaining that the environmental cost of COP26 sits against what it's trying to achieve. I wanted to explore this a bit further and put some figures against it to understand what the impacts really are in terms of numbers. Heathrow Figures Gatwick Figures BBC - Who are taking flights? Flight carbon calculator How Rich am I? Top 5%

People are often complaining that the environmental cost of COP26 sits against what it's trying to achieve. I wanted to explore this a bit further and put some figures against&nbsp;it to understand what the impacts really are in terms of numbers.&nbsp;
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/about-heathrow/performance/airport-operations/traffic-statistics" rel="noopener noreferrer">Heathrow Figures</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/gatwick-key-facts/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gatwick Figures</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56723560" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC - Who are taking flights?</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/jul/19/carbon-calculator-how-taking-one-flight-emits-as-much-as-many-people-do-in-a-year" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flight carbon calculator</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://howrichami.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Rich am I? Top 5%</a></li>
</ul>

Does it matter that people are flying into COP26?

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