A BBC editor has admitted it was 'awkward' a presenter had been sent by plane to interview climate activist Greta Thunberg, who famously eschews air travel
Putting a presenter on a flight to Sweden to meet climate activist Greta Thunberg"felt awkward", the editor of BBC Radio 4's Today program has admitted.The BBC sent presenter Mishal Husain on a return flight to Stockholm to interview her.
Program editor Sarah Sands told the Sunday Times:"We did discuss that among ourselves. It felt awkward but we did not have the time for trains or boats". Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg holds a sign with writing reading in Swedish"School strike for the climate" as she attends a climate march.The paper said the trip to Stockholm is estimated to have amounted to almost half a ton of carbon dioxide emissions per person., which have since spread all over the world to involve more than 100,000 schoolchildren.
The 16-year-old has taken a stand against more polluting forms of transport by sailing rather than flying or travelling in cars. Ms Thunberg arrived in New York in August after a 15-day, 3,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic to take part in a UN climate summit.But Ms Sands said:"Greta is not actually judgmental towards individuals, accepting that other people will not all conform to her high standards and asking only for people to do what they can."
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