MFAT building “digital-diplomacy suite” to cut air travel
2 Dec 2022
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| A solar array on MFAT's Honiara building |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has cut its air travel by more than half since 2018-19 and is launching a “custom-built digital-diplomacy suite” with high quality video conference facilities to lock in air travel emissions reductions.
In 2018-19 air travel accounted for 21,092 tCO2e of MFAT’s total emissions of 33,578 tCO2e, compared to 9,885 tCO2e for air travel in the 2021-22 year out of a total of 23,488 tCO2e.
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