World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos

World leaders emitted 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos | Grist

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World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos

The World Economic Forum worries about climate change. Here is the organization’s page on the issue , including its “CEO Climate Policy Recommendations.” (For example: “‘Environmentally effective and economically efficient’ framework proposed to succeed Kyoto Accord.” Get on that, U.N.!) This week, WEF’s CEO friends are at the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which we’ve mentioned . Which made us wonder: How much did getting all of those CEOs and government leaders and baseball players together itself contribute to climate change? The answer is: quite a bit. But before we get to the actual number, here’s how we got it. Earlier this week, the business site Quartz got its hands on the complete attendee list for this year’s Davos gathering . Quartz parsed the data about 15 different ways (go play with the sorting tool!) and, when we asked, were happy to share the data wi...

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@lesismore46 » 13 Feb '13, 6pm
RT @enablingcity: RT @grist: World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos [link]
@cschweitz » 28 Jan '13, 2am
Holy moly: World leaders emitted 2.5M kg of CO2 getting to Davos [link]
@Lenabini » 27 Jan '13, 5am
How mich methane? RT @davewiner: World leaders emitted 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos. [link]
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DWiner: : World leaders emitted 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos. [link]
@bullmancuso » 27 Jan '13, 12am
[Linkblog]: World leaders emitted 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos. [link]
@pbump » 27 Jan '13, 12am
@davewiner Did a calculation of how much CO2 the Davos gathering generated through air travel. [link]
@DigitSlam » 26 Jan '13, 8pm
2.5M kilograms of CO2 emitted by world leaders getting to Davos #WEF, to discuss things such as climate change [link]
@randallkrantz » 25 Jan '13, 5am
This can be offset at today's Green Growth Action Alliance session. @Reuters_Davos: Climate impact of getting to #Davos [link]
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RT "@grist: World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos [link]" well this is awkward...
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@zseward » 24 Jan '13, 3pm
2.5 million kg of CO2 RT @kevinjdelaney: very cool @pbump analysis of climate impact of Davos using @quartznews data [link]
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RT @kevinjdelaney: very cool @pbump analysis of climate impact of Davos using @quartznews data [link]
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very cool @pbump analysis of climate impact of Davos using @quartznews data [link]
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@_summerhead » 24 Jan '13, 3pm
RT @DuncanKeeling: World leaders created 2.5million kgs of CO2 getting to Davos [link] And will generate more while there #hotair #ClimateChange
@YAN0 » 24 Jan '13, 3pm
This is what Davos costs in dollars: [link] This is what getting to Davos costs in carbon: [link]
@EarthNewswatch » 24 Jan '13, 3pm
World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos - Grist Magazine [link]
@wyuet » 24 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @MotherNatureNet: RT @grist: World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos [link] Well, maybe they can recycle? :)
@Gnintegral » 24 Jan '13, 2pm
Foro Económico Mundial [link] Lideres mundiales generaron 2.5 milliones de kilogramos de #CO2 al ir a Davos. #cambioclimatico
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@MotherNatureNet » 24 Jan '13, 2pm
RT @grist: World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos [link] Well, maybe they can recycle? :)
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@DuncanKeeling » 24 Jan '13, 2pm
World leaders created 2.5million kgs of CO2 getting to Davos [link] And will generate more while there #hotair #ClimateChange
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RT @pbump: World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 going to Davos to talk climate change. [link]
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World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 going to Davos to talk climate change. [link]
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World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos [link]
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World leaders created 2.5 million kilograms of CO2 getting to Davos [link]