Overview
- Greenpeace reports 709 excess private jet movements during the 2025 WEF week, up about 10% from 628 in 2024 and far above 227 in 2023.
- The group calls for an immediate ban on the most climate‑damaging private flights, noting roughly one private jet flight for every four forum participants.
- Its analysis estimates private jets emit about 10 times more greenhouse gases per passenger than commercial flights and around 50 times more than trains.
- Researchers compared movements at seven airports near Davos with average weeks and found mostly intra‑European trips, about 70% feasible within a day by rail.
- Most flights originated in France (~20%), the UK (~13%) and Germany (~12%), as Davos readies for roughly 3,000 attendees from January 19 to 23.