Good Morning Britain’s Laura Tobin has hit back at critics after flying to Egypt and being branded a ‘hypocrite’ by viewers.
The ITV weather presenter normally appears in the studio to deliver her weather segments, but this week she’s jetted off to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, where the COP27 summit is being held.
COP27 is the 27th annual UN meeting and pools together the countries that signed up to the original UN climate agreement in 1992 to take action on climate change.
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All of this week, Laura has been speaking to her GMB co-stars such as Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley via video link – including Friday (November 18) when she joined Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins.
But on Thursday (November 18) she was forced to defend her decision to fly to Egypt as viewers had complained about the fact she was discussing climate change despite taking a flight, which carries a large carbon footprint.
Laura explained that she had flown to Egypt so she could attend the climate summit and share the stories of those affected by climate issues.
She met with a young activist from Kenya to learn about the effect climate change has had on her country and defended her flight during the interview.
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She said: “I just want to say Elizabeth flew here, as have the majority of people here, journalists like myself, to be able to tell her story, stories that wouldn’t normally be told.
“It’s so important for all of us to hear what’s happening where she is and why it’s so important to all of us.
“But we are able to come to the meetings and to the discussions to tell the stories and it’s hoped that these stories will help to shape the final text here at COP to make sure we can limit our warming.”
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“The impact on the environment is far outweighed by the flights which, by the way, are flights in economy and we offset our flights.”
ITV viewers criticised the long-haul flight on Twitter, with one writing: “Laura Tobin has just explained why she has flown to Egypt to tell us all about how flying is causing climate change. Thanks, Laura.”
Another said: “Can you please explain how a woman who lectures us on the state of the climate then flies to Egypt to give a UK weather report from a conference about the climate?”
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“It’s a complete hypocrisy and should have been done in the studio. You all know it!”
A third claimed: “Whoever thought flying over to Egypt to report the weather was a good way to bring awareness to Global Warming should not be in a job this morning.”
A fourth added: “Stop global warming stop sending the weather woman to Egypt on a plane.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV at 6am
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