Emirates boss says he took too long to accept climate crisis

It took Tim Clark a long time to face up to the climate crisis. The president of Emirates was no climate change denier. But he was pretty sceptical about some of the claims. Not now, though. "The stark reality of climate change is with us. I'm a climate change believer. I have to say, it took me a long time to get there. And we [in the aviation industry] aren't doing ourselves any favours by chucking billions of tons of carbon into the air. It's got to be dealt with," he said. It's a frank admission from one of the most powerful people in an industry that has many commercial reasons to bury its head in the sand. Emirates, which also includes a big cargo operation, burns through an astonishing 100m barrels of oil each year. So finding a viable alternative to fossil fuels is not going to happen any time soon, Clark says. <br/>