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The prime minister has been criticised for travelling to the G7 summit in Cornwall by plane, instead of taking the train.<\/p>\n

Boris Johnson<\/strong> arrived in Cornwall for the gathering of some of the world’s most developed economies, with climate change set to be high on the agenda.<\/p>\n

A picture of the PM stepping off on a jet was posted on his Twitter account, alongside the caption: “I’ve arrived in Cornwall for this year’s @G7<\/strong> where I’ll be asking my fellow leaders to rise to the challenge of beating the pandemic and building back better, fairer and greener.<\/p>\n

“It will be a busy and important Summit, and I can’t wait to get started.”<\/p>\n

Labour’s shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard labelled the move “plane stupid”.<\/p>\n

“There’s no train line from Cornwall to Washington or Tokyo but there is to London. The prime minister should have taken the train, not got a plane,” he said.<\/p>\n

Asked about his decision to fly into the summit, Mr Johnson said: “If you attack my arrival by plane, I respectfully point out that the UK is actually in the lead in developing sustainable aviation fuel.<\/p>\n

“One of the points in the 10-point plan of our green industrial revolution is to get to jet zero as well as net zero.”<\/p>\n

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Other world leaders arrived in Cornwall on Wednesday, with Joe Biden landing<\/strong> at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Air Force One.<\/p>\n

Rather than using making the train journey from Paddington to London, Mr Johnson took the 250 miles (400km) trip From Stansted airport to Newquay in Cornwall.<\/p>\n

Taking a plane creates almost five times more greenhouse gas emissions than the equivalent train journey, according to the government’s own emission figures.<\/p>\n

Listen and follow ClimateCast on <\/strong>Spotify<\/strong>, <\/strong>Apple Podcasts<\/strong>, or <\/strong>Spreaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the key policy priorities of this year’s summit is to “create a greener, more prosperous future”.<\/p>\n

The summit’s website adds: “We will protect the future of our planet by moving to net zero and providing financial support for developing countries to do the same.”<\/p>\n

In November, Glasgow will host COP26, where parties are expected to commit to enhanced ambitions.<\/p>\n

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