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UN environment head resigns after spending almost $500,000 on air travel in less than 2 years
6 monthes ago | By RT
The head of United Nations Environmental Program has stepped down after racking up $488,518 in air travel and hotel costs. An audit has called his globe-trotting extravaganza a “reputation risk.”
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UN senior official resigns after 'mind blowing' audit reportedly finds he spent nearly $500,000 in travel expenses
6 monthes ago | By Business Insider
United Nations Environment Program chief Erik Solheim resigned, after he was alleged to have accrued $488,518 in travel expenses in the course of nearly two years, according to a previous report from The Guardian .
Solheim, who was in charge of the "global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda," was revealed to have traveled for 529 out of 668 days, Reuters reported.
Critics described the audit's findings as "mind blowing" and "obscene CO2 hypocrisy."
United Nations Environment Program chief Erik Solheim resigned, after he was alleged to have accrued $488,518 in...
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