Prince Harry has been accused of being a "hypocrite" after jetting off to China to warn people about climate change.
The Duke of Sussex, who made his unannounced trip to China yesterday, also pushed for sustainable tourism.
Blasting the father-of-two, Climate Party Ed Gemmell told GB News: "Let's direct it to Prince Harry. Harry, stop being such a hypocrite.
"Get with the programme. If you're going to talk about it, live it as well. Now, he shouldn't have done that trip.
Ed Gemmell fumed that Harry is a "hypocrite" for making the trip
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"It was ridiculous. He shouldn't have got on. He could have done it on zoom.
"He's reported as now doing 83,000 miles a year, which is going to take a thousand trees to offset over the course of an entire 12 months.
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"The whole thing is absolutely ridiculous. He shouldn't have done it. I mean, I haven't flown now for, I think, seven years.
"If President Donald Trump and the Pope rang me up and said, come on, Ed, we need you in a meeting because we're going to save the entire planet and sort out the net zero economy. Will you fly?
"All right, I'll get on that flight. But otherwise I'm not getting on another fossil fuel flight. I'll get on it when they're electrical or hydrogen."
Harry made the Shanghai trip in his role as founder of the Travalyst initiative, a coalition of tourism groups committed to more green practices which he created in 2019.
He was invited to the Envision 2025 conference, where he was hosted by the Chinese online travel company, Trip.com.
The visit marks the first time Harry has travelled to China, following the Prince of Wales's visit to the country in 2015 for the first royal visit in three decades.
Harry discussed China's influence over global tourism practices, and urged businesses to continue to focus on green efforts.
"If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that meaningful change never comes easily," he told the conference.
Harry discussed China's influence over global tourism practices, and urged businesses to continue to focus on green efforts.
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According to carbon emissions data, a passenger travelling first-class on a return flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai causes the equivalent of 6.31 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's conversion model shows these emissions could be anywhere between 10 and 100 times higher in a private jet, depending on the type of aircraft.
FlightFree USA, a campaign group urging people to fly less, calculated that "avoiding this trip [Los Angeles to Shanghai] is as climate friendly as carpooling for 3.7 years".
The group also claimed that a passenger making a return flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai would cause more emissions of greenhouse gases in a single trip than 3.5 billion people emit over the course of a year.
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