As world leaders gather in Copenhagen for the United Nations Summit on climate change one of the major issues discussed will be the environmental impact of air travel. The last major climate conference, which was held in Kyoto in 1997, left airlines off of the agenda, but since recent evidence has shown that air travel now accounts for about five percent of the world’s carbon emissions, it has become a hot topic. Studies have also shown that if air travel is not curbed and continues to grow at its current pace that it will account for nearly half of all carbon emissions in the upcoming decades. This has made it imperative that travelers make smart choices when it comes to air travel, not only on the distance of their flights, but also which airline they choose.
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