Not everyone is worried about everyday reports of the climate crisis spiralling out of control. As consecutive days, weeks and months break records for the hottest ever, 31-year-old Brazilian football player Neymar flexes his way to his new club aboard a luxury Boeing 747.

Retired from production in 2022, the Boeing 747 is an aircraft that, in economy class only configuration, can take up to 660 passengers on board. The plane in question, owned by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, took the footballer from Paris to Riyadh, where Neymar signed a contract worth €90 million with local club Al-Hilal.

The flight with only Neymar and three of his colleagues on board took approximately 6 hours and 15 minutes. And as Boeing 747 burns 14,400 litres of aviation fuel per hour, Neymar’s trip consumed at least 90,000 litres of fuel resulting in more than 200 tonnes of additional CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. That is as much carbon dioxide as 26 people in Poland produce throughout a year.

Private jets flown by billionaires are already looked upon as selfish whims, outrageous in light of the current climate situation. Neymar's trip in a luxurious and gigantic Boeing aircraft, which burned about 10 times more fuel than a private jet, was therefore met with understandable criticism.