Ed Miliband has over the course of a year emitted more carbon dioxide from flights than an average Brit does in 35 years. Hot air merchant…

According to Environmental Information Regulations set out in 2004 ministerial plane travel needs to have its carbon footprint tracked by civil servants. Miliband’s total tab is a whopper…

Guido’s FoI Unit has uncovered that over 15 trips from August 2024 to June 2025 – including domestic flights – Miliband emitted 31.03 tonnes CO2 equivalent. 49,952 miles covered…

Miliband’s most gaseous single trip was in March from London Heathrow  to  Doha to  Beijing Daxing:  7,079 miles  and 6.53 tonnes CO₂e. Considering 2024’s total UK international aviation emissions were around 36 million tonnes, produced by roughly 40 million passengers, that works out to about 0.9 tonnes CO₂ per UK resident per year for flights. Multiply that by 34.5 and you get Miliband’s figure so far…

Read the full list, gathered by DESNZ officials, below:

17 Aug 2024: London Heathrow → Lisbon → Belém → Lisbon → London Heathrow – 10,237 mi – 6,464.39 t CO₂e

28 Sep 2024: New York JFK → London Heathrow –  3,453 mi – 1,903.40 t CO₂e

16 Oct 2024: London Gatwick → Aberdeen – 399 mi – 0.103 t CO₂e

23 Oct 2024: London Heathrow → Washington Dulles → London Heathrow –  7,344 mi – 4,048.24 t CO₂e

13 Nov 2024: Baku → Doha → London Heathrow –  4,302 mi – 3,967.03 t CO₂e

17 Nov 2024: London Gatwick → Baku –  2,472 mi – 0.470 t CO₂e

24 Nov 2024: Baku → London Gatwick – 2,472 mi – 1,362.64 t CO₂e

9 Feb 2025: London Heathrow → Delhi → London Heathrow – 8,338 mi – 6,181.18 t CO₂e

15 Mar 2025: London Heathrow → Doha → Beijing Daxing – 7,079 mi – 6,527.80 t CO₂e

24 Mar 2025: London City → Berlin Brandenburg – 537 mi – 0.0996 t CO₂e

25 Mar 2025: Berlin Brandenburg → London Heathrow – 595 mi – 0.0704 t CO₂e

6 May 2025: London Heathrow → Oslo – 724 mi – 0.122 t CO₂e

7 May 2025: Oslo → London Heathrow – 724 mi – 0.127 t CO₂e

12 Jun 2025: London Heathrow → Aberdeen – 399 mi – 0.060 t CO₂e

12 Jun 2025: Aberdeen → London Heathrow – 399 mi – 0.051 t CO₂e​